Northern Antiquities, Or, An Historical Account of the Manners, Customs, Religion and Laws, Maritime Expeditions and Discoveries, Language and Literature of the Ancient Scandinavians (Danes, Swedes, Norwegians and Icelanders): With Incidental Notices Respecting Our Saxon AncestorsHenry G. Bohn, 1847 - 578 sider |
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Side 4
... 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 ...
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... 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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... age when all Europe was plunged in ignorance and barbarity . These two words include in them almost all we know of the history of the first ages . It is very probable , that the first Danes were like all the other Teutonic nations , a ...
... age when all Europe was plunged in ignorance and barbarity . These two words include in them almost all we know of the history of the first ages . It is very probable , that the first Danes were like all the other Teutonic nations , a ...
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abode Æsir afterwards ages Al-thing ancient Scandinavians Anglo-Saxon appear arms Arnkill Asgard Baldur Bersi Bolli Cæsar called Celtic Celts century Christianity Cimbri coast Danish death deities Denmark derived divine doctrines earth Eddaic Poems Eirek etym fact father Finn Magnusen Freyja Frigga Gangler Gauls German giant gods Grágás Grimm Gudruna Harald heaven hence holmgang honour Hvergelmir Iceland inhabitants island Jarl Jomsburg Jötunheim king Kjartan Kormak land language laws Loki mallet manner Muspellheim mythology Njörd northern Northmen Norway Norwegian observed Odin Olaf Old Norse origin possession present prob probably Prose Edda race Ragnarök regarded religion remarks rendered replied respect Romans Runic Sagas Saxons sea-rovers serpent Skald Snorro Steingerda stones strophe Surtur sword Tacitus Teutonic nations thee thing Thor Thorarin Thorolf thou tion tribes Utgard-Loki Valhalla verse vessel Völuspá warriors wife word writers Yggdrasill Ymir