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Page 16
... tell you that , in the meantime , the Berserkirs had rather wondered at Grettir's disappearance , and from wonder- ing had fallen to suspecting that all was not right . Then they sprang to the door , tried it , and found it locked from ...
... tell you that , in the meantime , the Berserkirs had rather wondered at Grettir's disappearance , and from wonder- ing had fallen to suspecting that all was not right . Then they sprang to the door , tried it , and found it locked from ...
Page 19
... tell me , If ye wot , this being little . " t * Burial between tides was looked upon as disgrace ; hence the Gula Thing's law commands : " Every dead man is to be taken to church and buried in consecrated ground ; except vile evildoers ...
... tell me , If ye wot , this being little . " t * Burial between tides was looked upon as disgrace ; hence the Gula Thing's law commands : " Every dead man is to be taken to church and buried in consecrated ground ; except vile evildoers ...
Page 21
... tell me how matters have stood during my absence , for , from the look of affairs , I do not think that you can have been left quite undisturbed . " " No more have we , " she replied . " We have been in grievous danger of loss and ...
... tell me how matters have stood during my absence , for , from the look of affairs , I do not think that you can have been left quite undisturbed . " " No more have we , " she replied . " We have been in grievous danger of loss and ...
Page 22
... tell you that part of the story , as it is too long ; moreover , if I be not mistaken , yon wild fringe of coast ... telling my saga , the wind had risen to a gale , so that now the waves rolled against the headland with fury , and ...
... tell you that part of the story , as it is too long ; moreover , if I be not mistaken , yon wild fringe of coast ... telling my saga , the wind had risen to a gale , so that now the waves rolled against the headland with fury , and ...
Page 24
... tell them that an Icelandic record of the beginning of the seventeenth century speaks of a whole boat - load of these birds having been taken from certain skerries , called in the Sagas , Gunnbjarnar - eyjar , situate somewhere between ...
... tell them that an Icelandic record of the beginning of the seventeenth century speaks of a whole boat - load of these birds having been taken from certain skerries , called in the Sagas , Gunnbjarnar - eyjar , situate somewhere between ...
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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