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Page xxv
... natives have learned to dis- tinguish their varieties by appropriate names . Hver is a general term expressing a warm or boiling spring ; geysir is one which spouts ; reykir , one which sends up clouds of steam ; laug is a warm fountain ...
... natives have learned to dis- tinguish their varieties by appropriate names . Hver is a general term expressing a warm or boiling spring ; geysir is one which spouts ; reykir , one which sends up clouds of steam ; laug is a warm fountain ...
Page xxix
... natives . Some of these are very noble . The entrance of needles . the Isa - fjord is guarded by one such , standing up from a plat- form of basalt high above the water ; it goes by the name of " the Sentinel . " A curious spire of rock ...
... natives . Some of these are very noble . The entrance of needles . the Isa - fjord is guarded by one such , standing up from a plat- form of basalt high above the water ; it goes by the name of " the Sentinel . " A curious spire of rock ...
Page xxxii
... natives , for the purposes of commerce ; and on passing rapidly before them , it touched the jaw of a middle - aged man , causing him such pain that he instantly became raving mad and threw himself into the sea ! Those who were near him ...
... natives , for the purposes of commerce ; and on passing rapidly before them , it touched the jaw of a middle - aged man , causing him such pain that he instantly became raving mad and threw himself into the sea ! Those who were near him ...
Page xxxiii
... natives secure enough of the produce of the sea to supply them- selves with food for the winter , but never engage in the fisheries with a view to traffic . Cod , haddock , skate , and halibut abound on the coast , and the lakes are ...
... natives secure enough of the produce of the sea to supply them- selves with food for the winter , but never engage in the fisheries with a view to traffic . Cod , haddock , skate , and halibut abound on the coast , and the lakes are ...
Page xxxiv
... native reads and writes well ; he occasionally under- stands Latin . The clergy are uniformly well educated , reading Greek and Hebrew , and being sufficiently proficient in Latin to converse in it fluently . They are sometimes ...
... native reads and writes well ; he occasionally under- stands Latin . The clergy are uniformly well educated , reading Greek and Hebrew , and being sufficiently proficient in Latin to converse in it fluently . They are sometimes ...
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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