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... rather cloudy and a slight wind prevailed , there was seen at Eyrarbakki a black cloud coming from the mountains in the north - east , and descend- Natural history . ing obliquely through the air towards Eyrarbakki INTRODUCTION . xxxi.
... rather cloudy and a slight wind prevailed , there was seen at Eyrarbakki a black cloud coming from the mountains in the north - east , and descend- Natural history . ing obliquely through the air towards Eyrarbakki INTRODUCTION . xxxi.
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... wind - dried , then stacked in an outhouse for con- sumption . No grain is cultivated , but a species of wild corn , growing on the sand - flats by the sea , is much prized . It is reaped with a sickle , and , after having been ...
... wind - dried , then stacked in an outhouse for con- sumption . No grain is cultivated , but a species of wild corn , growing on the sand - flats by the sea , is much prized . It is reaped with a sickle , and , after having been ...
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... wind is at all violent , the stream is taken and tossed in spray high above the cliffs over which it shoots . The islands form a syssel or county by themselves , and have a magistrate , parson and doctor resident on Heimey . There is ...
... wind is at all violent , the stream is taken and tossed in spray high above the cliffs over which it shoots . The islands form a syssel or county by themselves , and have a magistrate , parson and doctor resident on Heimey . There is ...
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... winds are violent enough to sweep the unprotected live - stock over the cliffs . Bjarney , which fronts the little harbour ... wind sweeping over the unsheltered turf , searing it as with a hot iron , as it rolls from the snow- fields of ...
... winds are violent enough to sweep the unprotected live - stock over the cliffs . Bjarney , which fronts the little harbour ... wind sweeping over the unsheltered turf , searing it as with a hot iron , as it rolls from the snow- fields of ...
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... wind : they were , moreover , too intent on selecting their shares of the booty to think of anything else . Grettir flew across the homestead to the farm door and cried loudly for the housewife ; but she was silent , as she , very ...
... wind : they were , moreover , too intent on selecting their shares of the booty to think of anything else . Grettir flew across the homestead to the farm door and cried loudly for the housewife ; but she was silent , as she , very ...
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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