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Page xvi
... considerable difficulty in procuring a copy . I have not hesitated to make a few very trifling alterations in the stories ( they consist chiefly in names ) for the advantage of the reader . in I have used a few antiquated and provincial ...
... considerable difficulty in procuring a copy . I have not hesitated to make a few very trifling alterations in the stories ( they consist chiefly in names ) for the advantage of the reader . in I have used a few antiquated and provincial ...
Page xix
... considerable excrescence in the north - west , which is united to the mainland by a neck only 4 miles across at the narrowest part . The island is one - fifth larger than Ireland , and contains about 37,000 square miles . Its greatest ...
... considerable excrescence in the north - west , which is united to the mainland by a neck only 4 miles across at the narrowest part . The island is one - fifth larger than Ireland , and contains about 37,000 square miles . Its greatest ...
Page xxv
... considerable amount , so also in the Hítárdalr . In the Barthastrandar , Dala , Isafjarthar and Strandar sysla , are three beds at different levels , extending through the whole peninsula at the heights respectively of 150 and 600 feet ...
... considerable amount , so also in the Hítárdalr . In the Barthastrandar , Dala , Isafjarthar and Strandar sysla , are three beds at different levels , extending through the whole peninsula at the heights respectively of 150 and 600 feet ...
Page xxvi
... considerable lake which existed previous to the great erup- tion of 1783 . Myvatn was formerly considered the largest lake in the island , and so it may have been till it was nearly filled and dried up by the influx of lava from Krafla ...
... considerable lake which existed previous to the great erup- tion of 1783 . Myvatn was formerly considered the largest lake in the island , and so it may have been till it was nearly filled and dried up by the influx of lava from Krafla ...
Page xxvii
... considerable distance into the land between precipitous mountains , whose tops are snow - covered , or continually veiled in mist , which the sea - breeze brings up with it . The noblest of these is the Isa - fjord in the north ...
... considerable distance into the land between precipitous mountains , whose tops are snow - covered , or continually veiled in mist , which the sea - breeze brings up with it . The noblest of these is the Isa - fjord in the north ...
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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