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Page 11
... showed that all guests had not yet reached their destination . Grettir was on the point of returning to the farm , when the strange proceedings of a craft , at no great distance , attracted his attention . He noticed that she stole ...
... showed that all guests had not yet reached their destination . Grettir was on the point of returning to the farm , when the strange proceedings of a craft , at no great distance , attracted his attention . He noticed that she stole ...
Page 14
... showed his face in the hall that evening ; they slunk about the farm frightened and trembling . Quoth Thorir- " I'll tell you what , comrades ! This lad is one of the best fellows I've clapped eyes on . I don't think we could meet in a ...
... showed his face in the hall that evening ; they slunk about the farm frightened and trembling . Quoth Thorir- " I'll tell you what , comrades ! This lad is one of the best fellows I've clapped eyes on . I don't think we could meet in a ...
Page 15
... showed the twelve men into the house . Then , slinging the lamp to a hook in one of the rafters , he let the rovers scramble for the prizes . The store was filled with various household goods , piles of costly garments , enamelled ...
... showed the twelve men into the house . Then , slinging the lamp to a hook in one of the rafters , he let the rovers scramble for the prizes . The store was filled with various household goods , piles of costly garments , enamelled ...
Page 17
... showed desperate fight , armed with chips of plank , or sticks pulled from some pine - faggots which lay in the homestead . They warded off Grettir's blows , and fled from corner to corner , pursued by their indefatigable foe . In the ...
... showed desperate fight , armed with chips of plank , or sticks pulled from some pine - faggots which lay in the homestead . They warded off Grettir's blows , and fled from corner to corner , pursued by their indefatigable foe . In the ...
Page 32
... showed him every mark of consideration . Rooms in the Charlottenborg royal palace were allotted him , and there he spent the remainder of his days . Thorwaldsen was much attached to a Miss Mackenzie , but never married her . He died on ...
... showed him every mark of consideration . Rooms in the Charlottenborg royal palace were allotted him , and there he spent the remainder of his days . Thorwaldsen was much attached to a Miss Mackenzie , but never married her . He died on ...
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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