He is also known for introducing foreign metres, such as pentameter, to Icelandic poetry.

An anthology of Icelandic poetry, 1969.

Carmina Scaldica a selection of Norse and Icelandic skaldic poetry, ed.

Sometimes "folklore" is religious in nature, like the tales of the Welsh Mabinogion or those found in Icelandic skaldic poetry.

From that moment onwards she became a well-known symbol in Icelandic poetry.

In Old Norse poetry and later Icelandic poetry, a lausavísa (pl.

Later he compiled a dictionary of Icelandic skaldic language, Lexicon Poëticum, which formed the basis of future scholarship concerning ancient Icelandic poetry.

The EP contains six songs, all of which feature Steindór Andersen reciting traditional Icelandic poetry called rímur.

His publications include, Icelandic poetry or The Edda of Sæmund which was first printed in 1797 with Robert Southey as a co-author.

Icelandic poetry or The Edda of Sæmund (1797)