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Page xvi
... four years , and have arrived at the conclusion that both language and literature require the devotion of a lifetime for their proper mastery . The language is full of obscure idioms , and to these there is no tolera- ble dictionary ...
... four years , and have arrived at the conclusion that both language and literature require the devotion of a lifetime for their proper mastery . The language is full of obscure idioms , and to these there is no tolera- ble dictionary ...
Page xxi
... Four outbreaks . 1237. Seventh eruption at sea . 1240. Eighth eruption , off Reykjanes . 1245. Myrdals jökull , south - west flank , called Sólheimar jökull . 1262. Sólheimar jökull again . 1294. Hekla . Eighth eruption . 1300. Hekla ...
... Four outbreaks . 1237. Seventh eruption at sea . 1240. Eighth eruption , off Reykjanes . 1245. Myrdals jökull , south - west flank , called Sólheimar jökull . 1262. Sólheimar jökull again . 1294. Hekla . Eighth eruption . 1300. Hekla ...
Page xxii
... . Twenty - third eruption . 1755. Eleventh eruption of Katla . 1766. Four - and - twentieth eruption of Hekla . 1772. Hekla . Twenty - fifth eruption . 1783. Eleventh eruption off Cape Reykjanes . In the same xxil INTRODUCTION .
... . Twenty - third eruption . 1755. Eleventh eruption of Katla . 1766. Four - and - twentieth eruption of Hekla . 1772. Hekla . Twenty - fifth eruption . 1783. Eleventh eruption off Cape Reykjanes . In the same xxil INTRODUCTION .
Page xxiii
... four years . Between those of Hekla and Trölladyngja , in 1436 and 1475 respectively , thirty - nine years elapsed . Lava breaks forth not only from mountain sides , but from the grass - land under foot . The earth gapes and pours forth ...
... four years . Between those of Hekla and Trölladyngja , in 1436 and 1475 respectively , thirty - nine years elapsed . Lava breaks forth not only from mountain sides , but from the grass - land under foot . The earth gapes and pours forth ...
Page xxiv
... four to six inches in thickness . The impression of the leaves , with all their delicate fibres , is perfect and very beautiful . The leaves belong to the poplar , willow , and birch . The alternation of basalt and surturbrand deserves ...
... four to six inches in thickness . The impression of the leaves , with all their delicate fibres , is perfect and very beautiful . The leaves belong to the poplar , willow , and birch . The alternation of basalt and surturbrand deserves ...
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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