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Page 13
... young man . " There's time enough for that sort of thing another day . Now come , and take off the wet clothes from the guests . " " You need not scream before you are hurt , my good woman , " quoth Thorir ; " you will want all your ...
... young man . " There's time enough for that sort of thing another day . Now come , and take off the wet clothes from the guests . " " You need not scream before you are hurt , my good woman , " quoth Thorir ; " you will want all your ...
Page 14
... protested that they would not change their opinion of him in the morning . Grettir , however , remained firm in his decision . The young man saw now that they were getting rather ,, tipsy , so he suggested that it was time 14 COASTING .
... protested that they would not change their opinion of him in the morning . Grettir , however , remained firm in his decision . The young man saw now that they were getting rather ,, tipsy , so he suggested that it was time 14 COASTING .
Page 19
... young man . " Ah ! but we little knew your metal then . Come , be a welcome guest within , and tarry till my husband returns . Thanks are all that I can render you , but , be assured , Thorfin will not rest content till he has rewarded ...
... young man . " Ah ! but we little knew your metal then . Come , be a welcome guest within , and tarry till my husband returns . Thanks are all that I can render you , but , be assured , Thorfin will not rest content till he has rewarded ...
Page 20
... go himself to meet him on the strand , nor suffer the thralls to do so . " I do not care even though the bonder be a little dis- tracted at what he sees , " said the young man . " Have you any objection to my going to the 20 COASTING .
... go himself to meet him on the strand , nor suffer the thralls to do so . " I do not care even though the bonder be a little dis- tracted at what he sees , " said the young man . " Have you any objection to my going to the 20 COASTING .
Page 21
... young Icelander had decoyed them into the storehouse and fastened them in , all the freedmen raised a shout of joy , and when her tale was ended , their exultant cries rang so loud that Grettir heard them in the farmhouse . Thorfin ...
... young Icelander had decoyed them into the storehouse and fastened them in , all the freedmen raised a shout of joy , and when her tale was ended , their exultant cries rang so loud that Grettir heard them in the farmhouse . Thorfin ...
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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