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Page 37
... thing . " Then , standing on the doorstep , he met all claims with " Voer - thu- pointing with vehement jerks of the forefinger towards the centre of the globe . " " Having at last escaped from his tormentors , Mr. Briggs adjourned ...
... thing . " Then , standing on the doorstep , he met all claims with " Voer - thu- pointing with vehement jerks of the forefinger towards the centre of the globe . " " Having at last escaped from his tormentors , Mr. Briggs adjourned ...
Page 41
... thing for a visitor , who comes to the country for pleasure , to prey upon the scanty supplies of these poor people without sufficiently remunerating them — yet this has been done ! The Icelanders are inclined to be hospitable , but ...
... thing for a visitor , who comes to the country for pleasure , to prey upon the scanty supplies of these poor people without sufficiently remunerating them — yet this has been done ! The Icelanders are inclined to be hospitable , but ...
Page 44
... thing and person which obstructed its course . On one occasion my portly friend was nearly annihilated by a body of erratic ponies , which Gúthmundr and Magnús drove into the path , at the very spot where he was bickering along on his ...
... thing and person which obstructed its course . On one occasion my portly friend was nearly annihilated by a body of erratic ponies , which Gúthmundr and Magnús drove into the path , at the very spot where he was bickering along on his ...
Page 45
... thing even in Iceland , but at present it is coated with only a scanty crop of grey moss and wiry grass , whose tender shoots are charred by the snow - water as soon as they begin to spring . As the night progressed , if I may call that ...
... thing even in Iceland , but at present it is coated with only a scanty crop of grey moss and wiry grass , whose tender shoots are charred by the snow - water as soon as they begin to spring . As the night progressed , if I may call that ...
Page 46
... thing . Our merriment was cut short by Mosfell ( pronounced Mósfedtl ) church appearing above us , perched on a mound , and looking much like a dimi- nutive Noah's ark . The parsonage is close by , and its tún is crossed by a gill ...
... thing . Our merriment was cut short by Mosfell ( pronounced Mósfedtl ) church appearing above us , perched on a mound , and looking much like a dimi- nutive Noah's ark . The parsonage is close by , and its tún is crossed by a gill ...
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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