The precise nature of the relationship between the two versions is not so clear. We may note, however, some of the features contained in the Danish version of the story which are not found in the Saga. In the first place neither Arngrim nor Sams¯ are mentioned, the names Offue and Uthiss-kier being substituted for them[4]; secondly, except in the refrain there is no mention of the sea or a voyage in the Danish ballad. Helmer bids them "saddle his steed," and both he and Angelfyr _ride_ to Upsala. Finally after _v. 11_ of our text, the Danish ballad differs entirely from the Faroese version of the story and also from that of the _Saga of Hervˆr and Heithrek_. Offue's revenge is peculiar to the Danish, and here too no mention is made of Ingibjˆrg's death. From all these changes, and especially from the transference of names and places, it is obvious that the Danish version of the story is considerably more remote from the Saga than either of the two Faroese versions. At the same time, the absence of any reference to Sams¯ or any other Danish locality renders it highly improbable that its divergences are due to any (Danish) local tradition independent of the Saga. On the whole it would seem that at an early date (fifteenth or early sixteenth century?) a ballad had been made from this portion of the Saga, either directly or through the intermediate stage of a lost rhymed version; and that it was composed in the Faroes themselves or in Iceland or some other region--the Orkneys and Shetlands are a possible suggestion--and acquired by the Danes not very long afterwards. [Footnote 1: Cf. Grundtvig, _Danmarks Gamle Folkeviser_, Vol. I, p. 252. Also Axel Olrik, _Danske Folkeviser Ì Udvalg_, Vol. I, p. 263.] [Footnote 2: Cf. Olrik, _op. cit._, p. 78. For general information on the Danish ballads the reader is referred to Steenstrup, _Vore Folkeviser_ (Copenhagen, 1891), translated by E. G. Cox (Boston, 1914).] [Footnote 3: See, however, the Introduction to the _Ballad of Hjalmar and Angantyr_, p. 182 above.] [Footnote 4: So MS. _A_; but cf. below _v. 1_ and note.] ANGELFYR AND HELMER THE WARRIOR 1. Offue he dwelt in Uthiss-kier, Both rich and bold was he; And when two sons were born to him, He vowed they should warriors be. Refrain: _But the tempest from the North Lashes dark and troubled billows On the gleaming waste of sand._[1] 2. It was Young Helmer the Warrior; He bade them saddle his steed: "I Ride to Upsala this day, The King's daughter to wed." 3. Then up and spake Young Angelfyr, Where he stood in scarlet so red: "O never shalt thou this eventide To the lovely maid be wed!" 4. Then up and spake Young Angelfyr: He bade them saddle his steed: "I will gallop today to Upsala, Till the earth is rent with my speed."