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... taken , both in my expedition to Iceland , and in the progress of this volume . I remain , Ever yours sincerely , SABINE BARING - GOULD . Ísland far - sældar frón , Ok hag - soldar Vatnsdalr from Undirfell Öxnadals-heithi.
... taken , both in my expedition to Iceland , and in the progress of this volume . I remain , Ever yours sincerely , SABINE BARING - GOULD . Ísland far - sældar frón , Ok hag - soldar Vatnsdalr from Undirfell Öxnadals-heithi.
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... taken place from twenty - seven different spots . Some of these vents have been active at several different periods , whilst others have erupted but once . The intervals between these explosions have been most irre- gular . Those of ...
... taken place from twenty - seven different spots . Some of these vents have been active at several different periods , whilst others have erupted but once . The intervals between these explosions have been most irre- gular . Those of ...
Page xxiv
... taken place , the volcanoes of Iceland relapse into quiescence , and no smoke or steam rises from them , as it does from Vesuvius and Etna . The great majority have no circular craters ; some have split themselves in the fury of ...
... taken place , the volcanoes of Iceland relapse into quiescence , and no smoke or steam rises from them , as it does from Vesuvius and Etna . The great majority have no circular craters ; some have split themselves in the fury of ...
Page xxxvi
... taken for towns and villages ; with the exception of the localities specified above , they 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 ...
... taken for towns and villages ; with the exception of the localities specified above , they 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 ...
Page xxxix
... taken by the vikings , and brought as thralls to the new country , so that a certain infusion of foreign blood remains in Iceland . This accounts for the introduction of such names as Njál , Kormak , Kjartan , and Erlendr , or " the ...
... taken by the vikings , and brought as thralls to the new country , so that a certain infusion of foreign blood remains in Iceland . This accounts for the introduction of such names as Njál , Kormak , Kjartan , and Erlendr , or " 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