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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... present Editor has necessarily been obliged to revise the work throughout , and omit such portions as were founded on views obviously erroneous , or on authorities which the historical researches of the present age have shown to be ...
... present Editor has necessarily been obliged to revise the work throughout , and omit such portions as were founded on views obviously erroneous , or on authorities which the historical researches of the present age have shown to be ...
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... present translator : whose reading having run somewhat in the same track with that of the author , made him fond of the subject , and tempted him to give in an English dress a work in which it was displayed with so much advantage . As ...
... present translator : whose reading having run somewhat in the same track with that of the author , made him fond of the subject , and tempted him to give in an English dress a work in which it was displayed with so much advantage . As ...
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... present high German is a . genuine daughter of the ancient Celtic or Gaulish language * , because from it they can explain the etymology of innumer- able names that were well known to be Gaulish or Celtic † ; Pelloutier , vol . i . p ...
... present high German is a . genuine daughter of the ancient Celtic or Gaulish language * , because from it they can explain the etymology of innumer- able names that were well known to be Gaulish or Celtic † ; Pelloutier , vol . i . p ...
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... present German bears any resemblance now to the modern Welsh and Irish languages ; and yet there are writers in abundance who will undertake to account for the name of almost every place , person or office , in ancient Europe , from one ...
... present German bears any resemblance now to the modern Welsh and Irish languages ; and yet there are writers in abundance who will undertake to account for the name of almost every place , person or office , in ancient Europe , from one ...
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... present Cherokees of North America , because it would naturally enough occur to the wild people of every country , that by this practice they might render them . selves terrible to their enemies : nor will this prove that the Cherokees ...
... present Cherokees of North America , because it would naturally enough occur to the wild people of every country , that by this practice they might render them . selves terrible to their enemies : nor will this prove that the Cherokees ...
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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