Iceland: Its Scenes and Sagas |
From inside the book
Page xxxix
... called Althing , and continued to be held regularly until 1800 , when it was abolished . In 1845 it was restored : it sits , how- ever , no longer in the midst of the glories of Thingvalla , but in a whitewashed room at Reykjavík . sion ...
... called Althing , and continued to be held regularly until 1800 , when it was abolished . In 1845 it was restored : it sits , how- ever , no longer in the midst of the glories of Thingvalla , but in a whitewashed room at Reykjavík . sion ...
Page 2
... called after them . So landlord stalking is no new invention among the Irish ! A glorious panorama was gradually unfolding before us as the steamer advanced . The long stretch of Myrdals Jökull , pure and undinted in the morning sun ...
... called after them . So landlord stalking is no new invention among the Irish ! A glorious panorama was gradually unfolding before us as the steamer advanced . The long stretch of Myrdals Jökull , pure and undinted in the morning sun ...
Page 5
... called gjuklofi , which is quite incurable . Violent cramps and spasms contort the body and continue at intervals , increasing in violence , till death ensues . The history of this cluster of islands is marked by mis- fortune , as may ...
... called gjuklofi , which is quite incurable . Violent cramps and spasms contort the body and continue at intervals , increasing in violence , till death ensues . The history of this cluster of islands is marked by mis- fortune , as may ...
Page 8
... called me Padre because I wore a warm Franciscan cloak and hood , which he himself had lent me , as I had not brought sufficient warm things with me , whilst he was overstocked . " Padre ! you have promised us a story from some of the ...
... called me Padre because I wore a warm Franciscan cloak and hood , which he himself had lent me , as I had not brought sufficient warm things with me , whilst he was overstocked . " Padre ! you have promised us a story from some of the ...
Page 16
... called the eight men , and bade them arm at once and follow . Four of them obeyed - rushing to the weapons and scrambling for them , but the other four ran clean away . I must tell you that , in the meantime , the Berserkirs had rather ...
... called the eight men , and bade them arm at once and follow . Four of them obeyed - rushing to the weapons and scrambling for them , but the other four ran clean away . I must tell you that , in the meantime , the Berserkirs had rather ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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