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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Side 10
... less in their institutions and laws . The Celtic nations do not appear to have had that equal plan of liberty , which was the peculiar honour of all the Gothic tribes , and which they carried with them , and planted wherever they formed ...
... less in their institutions and laws . The Celtic nations do not appear to have had that equal plan of liberty , which was the peculiar honour of all the Gothic tribes , and which they carried with them , and planted wherever they formed ...
Side 15
... less of reserve and mystery than in that of the Scandinavian people . After all , it may possibly be true that the Teutonic nations borrowed some opinions and practices from the Celts , with- out being at all descended from them , or ...
... less of reserve and mystery than in that of the Scandinavian people . After all , it may possibly be true that the Teutonic nations borrowed some opinions and practices from the Celts , with- out being at all descended from them , or ...
Side 20
... less proper to be used in the Paternoster than the other Teutonic word Bread , which is preserved in all the other dialects , but in a great variety of forms . Thus in the old Frankic , Brot ; German , Brod ; Dutch , Brood ; Old Norse ...
... less proper to be used in the Paternoster than the other Teutonic word Bread , which is preserved in all the other dialects , but in a great variety of forms . Thus in the old Frankic , Brot ; German , Brod ; Dutch , Brood ; Old Norse ...
Side 35
... less " respect for human life " than any people whose sanguinary deeds ever stained the pages of history . And as to the agrarian outrages of Ireland , they are the necessary result of the wretched system pursued for centuries in that ...
... less " respect for human life " than any people whose sanguinary deeds ever stained the pages of history . And as to the agrarian outrages of Ireland , they are the necessary result of the wretched system pursued for centuries in that ...
Side 37
... less numerous body than the people they conquered , which will account for the slight modification that the physiological character of several subjugated nations has undergone . Thus , although France has been successively conquered by ...
... less numerous body than the people they conquered , which will account for the slight modification that the physiological character of several subjugated nations has undergone . Thus , although France has been successively conquered by ...
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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