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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... authorities which the historical researches of the present age have shown to be fallacious ; while he has sought to render the whole more in accordance with these researches , by insertions in the body of the text , and notes critical ...
... authorities which the historical researches of the present age have shown to be fallacious ; while he has sought to render the whole more in accordance with these researches , by insertions in the body of the text , and notes critical ...
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... authority of Ap- pian , who expressly calls the Cimbri Celts ; as well as of several of the Ro- man authors , who scruple not to name them Gauls " . It may further be ob- served in favour of this opinion , that the emigration of so ...
... authority of Ap- pian , who expressly calls the Cimbri Celts ; as well as of several of the Ro- man authors , who scruple not to name them Gauls " . It may further be ob- served in favour of this opinion , that the emigration of so ...
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... authorities of the Roman historians cannot much be depended on , because ( as has been before observed ) they were seldom exact in the names they gave to the barbarous nations . It may further be urged , that the facility with which the ...
... authorities of the Roman historians cannot much be depended on , because ( as has been before observed ) they were seldom exact in the names they gave to the barbarous nations . It may further be urged , that the facility with which the ...
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... authorities on which he builds his hypothesis . Torfæus , a native of Iceland , and historio- grapher of Norway , has shown this at large in his learned . " Series of Kings of Denmark . " He there proves that those songs , from which ...
... authorities on which he builds his hypothesis . Torfæus , a native of Iceland , and historio- grapher of Norway , has shown this at large in his learned . " Series of Kings of Denmark . " He there proves that those songs , from which ...
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... authorities , the writers of Iceland , a country cut off , as it were , from the rest of the world , and lying almost under the northern pole . But this wonder , adds Torfæus , will cease , when the reader shall be informed , that from ...
... authorities , the writers of Iceland , a country cut off , as it were , from the rest of the world , and lying almost under the northern pole . But this wonder , adds Torfæus , will cease , when the reader shall be informed , that from ...
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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