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Page xiv
... round Njal , that it was handed down from father to son as truthfully and faithfully as could ever be the case with any public ' or notorious matter in local history . But it is not on Njala alone that we have There to rely for our ...
... round Njal , that it was handed down from father to son as truthfully and faithfully as could ever be the case with any public ' or notorious matter in local history . But it is not on Njala alone that we have There to rely for our ...
Page xx
... rounded heads of ice resting on abrupt flanks of rock . This ice is formed by the pressure of enormous superincumbent masses of fresh snow , converting this at any depth to blue glacier ice . Sections such as may be seen in Kaldidalr ...
... rounded heads of ice resting on abrupt flanks of rock . This ice is formed by the pressure of enormous superincumbent masses of fresh snow , converting this at any depth to blue glacier ice . Sections such as may be seen in Kaldidalr ...
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... round , flew towards a spot where several persons had assembled , as well strangers as 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 ...
... round , flew towards a spot where several persons had assembled , as well strangers as 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 ...
Page xliv
... round into Reykjavík harbour , and among the first objects that met the captain's eye was the deep blue flag with the three white stockfish waving over the court- house . Immediately upon his arrival , Count Tramp , who had now been ...
... round into Reykjavík harbour , and among the first objects that met the captain's eye was the deep blue flag with the three white stockfish waving over the court- house . Immediately upon his arrival , Count Tramp , who had now been ...
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... round for another snooze . The morning was beautiful ; full in front , Hjörleif's Head , a bluff of dark rock , seven hundred feet high , stood up proudly from a low , repulsive plain of volcanic dust . We could dis- tinguish the smoke ...
... round for another snooze . The morning was beautiful ; full in front , Hjörleif's Head , a bluff of dark rock , seven hundred feet high , stood up proudly from a low , repulsive plain of volcanic dust . We could dis- tinguish the smoke ...
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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