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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... taken his materials , he flattered himself they would supply some illustrations , which might give an additional value to the version . For this reason , as also to afford himself an agreeable amusement , the Translator some time ago ...
... taken his materials , he flattered himself they would supply some illustrations , which might give an additional value to the version . For this reason , as also to afford himself an agreeable amusement , the Translator some time ago ...
Side 19
... taken from more correct sources than were available in Bishop Percy's time , and classed in conformity with the present state of the science of glossology , will be given after the remarks we shall have to make on the learned Bishop's ...
... taken from more correct sources than were available in Bishop Percy's time , and classed in conformity with the present state of the science of glossology , will be given after the remarks we shall have to make on the learned Bishop's ...
Side 26
... taken as types for our classification , we find , when we * The lowest class of cartilaginous fish , comprising the lampril , the lamprey , & c . When we say of a bygone age , we fear that we must except some of our own writers who ...
... taken as types for our classification , we find , when we * The lowest class of cartilaginous fish , comprising the lampril , the lamprey , & c . When we say of a bygone age , we fear that we must except some of our own writers who ...
Side 27
... taken for the types of a scien- tific classification , we are obliged to group the Jew with the German , the Finn with the Chinese , and the Caffre of the Cape with the Negro of Senegal . This , however , is the classification generally ...
... taken for the types of a scien- tific classification , we are obliged to group the Jew with the German , the Finn with the Chinese , and the Caffre of the Cape with the Negro of Senegal . This , however , is the classification generally ...
Side 32
... taken into account , a person , in order to become acquainted with the literature of all nations and ages , would probably have to learn upwards of a hundred different tongues . When glossologists had succeeded in grouping languages ...
... taken into account , a person , in order to become acquainted with the literature of all nations and ages , would probably have to learn upwards of a hundred different tongues . When glossologists had succeeded in grouping languages ...
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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