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... becomes so tame in the breeding season , as to build and lay on the roofs and in the windows of the farmhouses . The birds strip their breasts to line their rudely- constructed nests , and the down thus pulled off is removed by the ...
... becomes so tame in the breeding season , as to build and lay on the roofs and in the windows of the farmhouses . The birds strip their breasts to line their rudely- constructed nests , and the down thus pulled off is removed by the ...
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... become a refuge for outlaws . " Lopt in the islands biting puffin bones , Soemund on the moor munching berries , " says an old saw , commemorating two famous exiles . Finally , pirates enter the harbour , rob , burn , and carry into ...
... become a refuge for outlaws . " Lopt in the islands biting puffin bones , Soemund on the moor munching berries , " says an old saw , commemorating two famous exiles . Finally , pirates enter the harbour , rob , burn , and carry into ...
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... become one of your gang : even if I be weaker than the rest of you , be assured I will not hang back in the day of trial . " I The pirates were delighted with this proposal , and wanted to clench brotherhood at once , but Grettir ...
... become one of your gang : even if I be weaker than the rest of you , be assured I will not hang back in the day of trial . " I The pirates were delighted with this proposal , and wanted to clench brotherhood at once , but Grettir ...
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... become overcast with a thick snow fog which rolled up from the sea , so that Grettir , on coming out , saw that it would be hopeless attempting to pursue the two remaining Berserkirs . Besides , his arm pained him , his strength was ...
... become overcast with a thick snow fog which rolled up from the sea , so that Grettir , on coming out , saw that it would be hopeless attempting to pursue the two remaining Berserkirs . Besides , his arm pained him , his strength was ...
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... becoming scarce in the Faroe Isles in the end of the last century , according to Landt , who lived there from 1791-98 . The bird cannot fly , but is a powerful swimmer ; its wings are about four inches in length , and the length of the ...
... becoming scarce in the Faroe Isles in the end of the last century , according to Landt , who lived there from 1791-98 . The bird cannot fly , but is a powerful swimmer ; its wings are about four inches in length , and the length of 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