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Page xxix
... 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 above the Hörgárdalr is illustrated in Plate XI . There are needles in the Skaga - fjord off Drangey , and ...
... 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 above the Hörgárdalr is illustrated in Plate XI . There are needles in the Skaga - fjord off Drangey , and ...
Page xxxiv
... 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 acquainted with Danish and German . Indeed , there is a talent ...
... 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 acquainted with Danish and German . Indeed , there is a talent ...
Page xxxvi
... stand for single houses ; and any one who wishes to know the number of farms in Iceland , may ascertain it with precision , by counting the specks on Gunnlaugson's map . The usual age for Icelanders to marry is from twenty - five to ...
... stand for single houses ; and any one who wishes to know the number of farms in Iceland , may ascertain it with precision , by counting the specks on Gunnlaugson's map . The usual age for Icelanders to marry is from twenty - five to ...
Page xl
... Althing , the sovereignty of Iceland was made over to Hakon , King of Norway , with the under- standing that no tribute should be exacted , that trade should be encouraged , and that natives of the island should xl INTRODUCTION .
... Althing , the sovereignty of Iceland was made over to Hakon , King of Norway , with the under- standing that no tribute should be exacted , that trade should be encouraged , and that natives of the island should xl INTRODUCTION .
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... standing above the water like a ploughshare ; and , out at sea , a whale blowing off a fountain of spray . Dyrhólar is an arch drilled by the waves through the blackest of rocks . The gap is 200 ft . across , the thickness of the crag ...
... standing above the water like a ploughshare ; and , out at sea , a whale blowing off a fountain of spray . Dyrhólar is an arch drilled by the waves through the blackest of rocks . The gap is 200 ft . across , the thickness of the crag ...
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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