Northern Antiquities: Or, An Historical Account of the Manners, Customs, Religion and Laws, Maritime Expeditions and Discoveries, Language and Literature of the Ancient ScandinaviansH. G. Bohn, 1847 - 578 sider |
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... ages , prior to history , one cannot pretend to say what were the distinct bounds or limits of each people . They were , like all other barbarous nations , roving and unsettled ; and often varied their situation ; being sometimes spread ...
... ages , prior to history , one cannot pretend to say what were the distinct bounds or limits of each people . They were , like all other barbarous nations , roving and unsettled ; and often varied their situation ; being sometimes spread ...
Side 15
... ages of ignorance one wild people catch up from another , though of very differ ent race , the most arbitrary and ... age and tribe . As truth is uniform and simple , so error is most irregular and various ; and it is very possible ...
... ages of ignorance one wild people catch up from another , though of very differ ent race , the most arbitrary and ... age and tribe . As truth is uniform and simple , so error is most irregular and various ; and it is very possible ...
Side 18
... ages prior to history , before the Britons or Germans were invaded by other nations , or had adopted any foreign refine- ments , while both people were under the uninterrupted influ- ence of their original institutions , customs , and ...
... ages prior to history , before the Britons or Germans were invaded by other nations , or had adopted any foreign refine- ments , while both people were under the uninterrupted influ- ence of their original institutions , customs , and ...
Side 19
... ages ; his book , instead of being a perpetual source of mis- take and confusion , would then have served as a clue to guide us through the labyrinth of ancient history , and he would have raised a noble monument to the memory alike of ...
... ages ; his book , instead of being a perpetual source of mis- take and confusion , would then have served as a clue to guide us through the labyrinth of ancient history , and he would have raised a noble monument to the memory alike of ...
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... ages , would probably have to learn upwards of a hundred different tongues . When glossologists had succeeded in grouping languages into families , their next step was to ascertain whether any of these families might be regarded as ...
... ages , would probably have to learn upwards of a hundred different tongues . When glossologists had succeeded in grouping languages into families , their next step was to ascertain whether any of these families might be regarded as ...
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abode Æsir afterwards ages Al-thing appear arms Arnkill Asgard Baldur Bersi Bolli Cæsar called celebrated Celtic Celts century character Christianity Cimbri coast Danish death deity Denmark derived divine doctrines earth Eddaic poems Eirek etym fact father Finn Magnusen Freyja Frigga Gangler Gauls German giant give gods Grágás Grimm Gudruna Harald heaven hence honour Hvergelmir Iceland inhabitants island Jarl Jomsburg Jötunheim king Kjartan Kormak land language laws Loki mallet manner Midgard Muspellheim mythology Njörd northern Northmen Norway Norwegian observed Odin Olaf Old Norse origin possession prob probably Prose Edda race Ragnarök regarded religion remarks rendered respect Romans Runic Saga Saxons sea-rovers serpent Skald Snorro sons Steingerda stones strophe Surtur sword Tacitus Teutonic nations thee thing Thor Thorkell Thorolf thou tion tribes Utgard-Loki Valhalla verse vessel Völuspá warriors wife word worship writers Yggdrasill Ymir