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 75
... verses and other historical monuments of former times . Besides , they kept up such a constant intercourse with the other people of the north , that they could readily learn from them whatever passed abroad . We must add , that the odes ...
... verses and other historical monuments of former times . Besides , they kept up such a constant intercourse with the other people of the north , that they could readily learn from them whatever passed abroad . We must add , that the odes ...
Side 76
... verses or songs which were learnt by rote , it cannot be denied , but the * See his Series Dynast . et Reg . lib . i . cap . 6 . Icelandic historians might receive great information from them , concerning 76 NORTHERN ANTIQUITIES .
... verses or songs which were learnt by rote , it cannot be denied , but the * See his Series Dynast . et Reg . lib . i . cap . 6 . Icelandic historians might receive great information from them , concerning 76 NORTHERN ANTIQUITIES .
Side 83
... verses , which he composed extempore , and that he was not only a great poet , but that it was he who first taught the art of poesy to the Scandinavians . He was also the inventor of the Runic characters , which so long prevailed among ...
... verses , which he composed extempore , and that he was not only a great poet , but that it was he who first taught the art of poesy to the Scandinavians . He was also the inventor of the Runic characters , which so long prevailed among ...
Side 105
... verses . " We are cut to pieces with swords ; but this fills me with joy , when I think of the feast that is preparing for me in Odin's palace . Quickly , quickly seated in the splendid habitation of the gods , we shall drink beer out ...
... verses . " We are cut to pieces with swords ; but this fills me with joy , when I think of the feast that is preparing for me in Odin's palace . Quickly , quickly seated in the splendid habitation of the gods , we shall drink beer out ...
Side 116
... verses : It is for the last time , it is with feet drawing near to the grave , that thou art come to this place for it is most certain , that , before the sun ariseth , the valiant Indrid shall make thee feel his 116 NORTHERN ANTIQUITIES .
... verses : It is for the last time , it is with feet drawing near to the grave , that thou art come to this place for it is most certain , that , before the sun ariseth , the valiant Indrid shall make thee feel his 116 NORTHERN ANTIQUITIES .
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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