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Page 18
... arm ; he killed two more víkings , and then the remaining four burst forth , and , separating into pairs , fled in different directions . Grettir followed the couple which was nearest , and tracked them to a neighbouring farm , where ...
... arm ; he killed two more víkings , and then the remaining four burst forth , and , separating into pairs , fled in different directions . Grettir followed the couple which was nearest , and tracked them to a neighbouring farm , where ...
Page 46
... arms up to the elbows in the mire , and his feet on either side of the horse's neck . Mr. Briggs bore our jokes with the greatest good - humour , protesting that he had not fallen , but that the ground had risen up and hit him on the ...
... arms up to the elbows in the mire , and his feet on either side of the horse's neck . Mr. Briggs bore our jokes with the greatest good - humour , protesting that he had not fallen , but that the ground had risen up and hit him on the ...
Page 50
... arms to Digranes , where stood the cairn of his father Skallagrím . Egill fetched a spade and dug into the mound ; he was occupied the whole of the afternoon at this work , and in the evening he had reached the wooden chamber wherein ...
... arms to Digranes , where stood the cairn of his father Skallagrím . Egill fetched a spade and dug into the mound ; he was occupied the whole of the afternoon at this work , and in the evening he had reached the wooden chamber wherein ...
Page 55
... arms I fly ! " Note . I know that I shall get into dreadful trouble with Icelandic literati for this version of the famous Sonartorrek , or Son's loss . A literal translation would be quite unintelligible to the majority of readers , so ...
... arms I fly ! " Note . I know that I shall get into dreadful trouble with Icelandic literati for this version of the famous Sonartorrek , or Son's loss . A literal translation would be quite unintelligible to the majority of readers , so ...
Page 77
... arms of vapour ; haggard and ghastly , she seemed to steal over her course swathed in grave - clothes . Now and then some crags caught a straggling gleam and flashed forth , but directly after were again blotted out ; then the fjord ...
... arms of vapour ; haggard and ghastly , she seemed to steal over her course swathed in grave - clothes . Now and then some crags caught a straggling gleam and flashed forth , but directly after were again blotted out ; then the fjord ...
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