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Page xvii
... farmer ; to busk , with its past participle , boune , to make ready ; hight , called . With regard to my fellow - travellers , I have so altered their names and the incidents related of them , as to prevent the possibility of their ...
... farmer ; to busk , with its past participle , boune , to make ready ; hight , called . With regard to my fellow - travellers , I have so altered their names and the incidents related of them , as to prevent the possibility of their ...
Page xxix
... were undoubtedly more abundant , as the Sagas mention forests where no trees grow at the present day , and the underwood still existing rapidly Tempera- ture . diminishes to supply the neighbouring farmers with INTRODUCTION . xxix.
... were undoubtedly more abundant , as the Sagas mention forests where no trees grow at the present day , and the underwood still existing rapidly Tempera- ture . diminishes to supply the neighbouring farmers with INTRODUCTION . xxix.
Page xxx
... farmers with fuel . We read in the Gretla of some boors slinging a rope over the fork of a tree , for the purpose of hanging the outlaw Grettir . No tree of sufficient size exists in the island at the present day , to support the weight ...
... farmers with fuel . We read in the Gretla of some boors slinging a rope over the fork of a tree , for the purpose of hanging the outlaw Grettir . No tree of sufficient size exists in the island at the present day , to support the weight ...
Page xxxiii
... farmer's wealth ; but all the geese are now wild , and there are no swine in the island . The ass is also quite unknown . The dog is of the Esquimaux type , with ruff around its neck , head like a fox , and tail curled over its back ...
... farmer's wealth ; but all the geese are now wild , and there are no swine in the island . The ass is also quite unknown . The dog is of the Esquimaux type , with ruff around its neck , head like a fox , and tail curled over its back ...
Page xxxiv
... farmers and priests is small , but they borrow of each other and copy the volumes lent them . Their libraries consist generally of Sagas . The following is a catalogue of the books belonging to a farmer in the Vatnsdal : - 1. Bible . 2 ...
... farmers and priests is small , but they borrow of each other and copy the volumes lent them . Their libraries consist generally of Sagas . The following is a catalogue of the books belonging to a farmer in the Vatnsdal : - 1. Bible . 2 ...
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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