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Page 20
... appearance of his great punt , stranded . Thorfin bade his men row to land with all speed , as he suspected that this could not be the result of accident . The bonder was the first , in his anxiety , to leap ashore , and run to the boat ...
... appearance of his great punt , stranded . Thorfin bade his men row to land with all speed , as he suspected that this could not be the result of accident . The bonder was the first , in his anxiety , to leap ashore , and run to the boat ...
Page 58
... appearance , and puzzled with the looks of Bob the Newfoundlander , whom they seemed to mistake for a young bear . They were particularly ill - disposed towards Grímr and myself for riding through the tún to the farm - door , and would ...
... appearance , and puzzled with the looks of Bob the Newfoundlander , whom they seemed to mistake for a young bear . They were particularly ill - disposed towards Grímr and myself for riding through the tún to the farm - door , and would ...
Page 59
Its Scenes and Sagas Sabine Baring-Gould, Alfred Newton. domestic architecture . appearance of a confused cluster of turf mounds . Among these two are conspicuous , one for having a chimney formed of a barrel with both ends knocked out ...
Its Scenes and Sagas Sabine Baring-Gould, Alfred Newton. domestic architecture . appearance of a confused cluster of turf mounds . Among these two are conspicuous , one for having a chimney formed of a barrel with both ends knocked out ...
Page 75
... appearance resembles that which grows on old tree stumps or apple branches , it is black and grey and has a most uninviting look before it is prepared . The preparation consists in soaking it for twenty- four hours and then boiling it ...
... appearance resembles that which grows on old tree stumps or apple branches , it is black and grey and has a most uninviting look before it is prepared . The preparation consists in soaking it for twenty- four hours and then boiling it ...
Page 149
... a school - boy sketch of Pluto , in black chalk , armed ( as heralds would say ) with horns , hoofs , and tail , just the very appearance Nick has taken upon himself now . the surface of the water , his long golden curls OLD NICK . 149.
... a school - boy sketch of Pluto , in black chalk , armed ( as heralds would say ) with horns , hoofs , and tail , just the very appearance Nick has taken upon himself now . the surface of the water , his long golden curls OLD NICK . 149.
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Akureyri Alleluiah Althing answered asked basalt beautiful bird bishop Bjarg blue boat boiling bonder Briggs brother brought called church clouds cold colour crag Danish door Drangey Edmund Evans Egill eruption exclaimed eyes farm farmer father feet fish fjord flung Gellir Geysir Glámr grass Greenland Grettir grey Grímr hands head heap heithi Hekla hill Hólar horses Hrolleifr Icel Iceland Illugi Ingimund island Jökull Jón Katla Kolr Krafla lake land lava looked merchant miles morning mountain Myvatn natives never night Oddr Ofeigr Periphrasis pony priest quoth reached Reykjanes Reykjavík ride river rock rode rolled round saddle Saga sand Savigniac side snow spot spring stone stood story stream Strokr summer Svínavatn swans Thorbjorn Thorfin Thorgils Thorhall Thorir Thorstein trachyte Trölladyngja tún turf vale Vatnsdalr vessel visited whilst whimbrel wild wind winter