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Page xvi
... give these specimens of the Sagas to the world with great diffidence , as I am by no means a proficient in the Icelandic tongue . I have worked at it for three or four years , and have arrived at the conclusion that both language and ...
... give these specimens of the Sagas to the world with great diffidence , as I am by no means a proficient in the Icelandic tongue . I have worked at it for three or four years , and have arrived at the conclusion that both language and ...
Page xx
... give to these beds a thickness of about one hundred feet . As there is a constant thrust from the highest points of the mountain exerted upon the ice , it moves slowly over the rocky ledges , and breaks off in crags of green ice , which ...
... give to these beds a thickness of about one hundred feet . As there is a constant thrust from the highest points of the mountain exerted upon the ice , it moves slowly over the rocky ledges , and breaks off in crags of green ice , which ...
Page xxviii
... give it a channel , and transmute marsh into productive meadow land . Many bottoms are filled with an amazing depth of rich soil , the wear of volcanic rock , abounding in the constituents necessary for vegetable life . Yet the ...
... give it a channel , and transmute marsh into productive meadow land . Many bottoms are filled with an amazing depth of rich soil , the wear of volcanic rock , abounding in the constituents necessary for vegetable life . Yet the ...
Page xxxi
... give a singular account of a circumstance which took place in the summer of 1754. They say that , on a morning when the weather was serene , though the sky was rather cloudy and a slight wind prevailed , there was seen at Eyrarbakki a ...
... give a singular account of a circumstance which took place in the summer of 1754. They say that , on a morning when the weather was serene , though the sky was rather cloudy and a slight wind prevailed , there was seen at Eyrarbakki a ...
Page xxxv
... give out proclamations and notices , also to forward to head - quarters registers of births , deaths , and marriages , which they receive from the magistrates of the hreppar . The governor - general , the landvogt , the amt- men , the ...
... give out proclamations and notices , also to forward to head - quarters registers of births , deaths , and marriages , which they receive from the magistrates of the hreppar . The governor - general , the landvogt , the amt- men , the ...
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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