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Page xiv
... told and talked about as matter of history ; and when at last the whole story was unfolded and took shape , and centred round Njal , that it was handed down from father to son as truthfully and faithfully as could ever be the case with ...
... told and talked about as matter of history ; and when at last the whole story was unfolded and took shape , and centred round Njal , that it was handed down from father to son as truthfully and faithfully as could ever be the case with ...
Page xv
... told in the eleventh century , when phantoms , and ghosts , and wraiths , were implicitly believed in , and when dreams , and warnings , and tokens , were part of every man's creed , should be wanting in these marks of genuine- ness ...
... told in the eleventh century , when phantoms , and ghosts , and wraiths , were implicitly believed in , and when dreams , and warnings , and tokens , were part of every man's creed , should be wanting in these marks of genuine- ness ...
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... told the history of Hromund Greipsson , how he broke open the tomb of the old Víking Thrain , and descended into it , how he wrestled with the demon - possessed corpse in its vault , and bore off its sword like a sunbeam ; and how , in ...
... told the history of Hromund Greipsson , how he broke open the tomb of the old Víking Thrain , and descended into it , how he wrestled with the demon - possessed corpse in its vault , and bore off its sword like a sunbeam ; and how , in ...
Page 21
... told plainly and truthfully the story of the Rovers and Grettir's gallant con- duct . When she spoke of the manner in which the young Icelander had decoyed them into the storehouse and fastened them in , all the freedmen raised a shout ...
... told plainly and truthfully the story of the Rovers and Grettir's gallant con- duct . When she spoke of the manner in which the young Icelander had decoyed them into the storehouse and fastened them in , all the freedmen raised a shout ...
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... told in the Saint's Saga , that the master builder , then engaged on the construction of the cathedral church , learned Latin by overhearing the lads reciting their lessons . After the Reformation the school languished , so that in 1789 ...
... told in the Saint's Saga , that the master builder , then engaged on the construction of the cathedral church , learned Latin by overhearing the lads reciting their lessons . After the Reformation the school languished , so that in 1789 ...
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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