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 21
... entering into the dispute , which has of late so much interested our countrymen in North Britain : viz . whether the Erse language was first spoken in Scotland or Ireland . Before the inquisitive reader adopts either opinion , he would ...
... entering into the dispute , which has of late so much interested our countrymen in North Britain : viz . whether the Erse language was first spoken in Scotland or Ireland . Before the inquisitive reader adopts either opinion , he would ...
Side 22
... , would frequently turn aside when on the point of entering the right path and wind * Fublished at Copenhagen in 1811 . round the object he was in quest of without ever REMARKS ON BISHOP PERCY'S PREFACE By the Editor 1.
... , would frequently turn aside when on the point of entering the right path and wind * Fublished at Copenhagen in 1811 . round the object he was in quest of without ever REMARKS ON BISHOP PERCY'S PREFACE By the Editor 1.
Side 39
... entered Europe . The Slavonians , after driving the Tshuds further north , occupying the parts now known under the names of Russia , Poland , Hungary , Bohemia , & c . , and the whole of north Germany . The hardy Teutons drove Tshuds ...
... entered Europe . The Slavonians , after driving the Tshuds further north , occupying the parts now known under the names of Russia , Poland , Hungary , Bohemia , & c . , and the whole of north Germany . The hardy Teutons drove Tshuds ...
Side 108
... entering into a discussion of an hypothesis which we deem to be perfectly gratuitous , we will merely observe that places where such circles of upright stones are found , were , generally speaking , Thingsteads , that is to say , the ...
... entering into a discussion of an hypothesis which we deem to be perfectly gratuitous , we will merely observe that places where such circles of upright stones are found , were , generally speaking , Thingsteads , that is to say , the ...
Side 116
... entered into a kind of commerce with him ; oracles , auguries , divinations , and a thousand practices of that kind , quickly sprung up in crowds , from this erroneous prin- ciple . Accordingly , in all our ancient fables and chronicles ...
... entered into a kind of commerce with him ; oracles , auguries , divinations , and a thousand practices of that kind , quickly sprung up in crowds , from this erroneous prin- ciple . Accordingly , in all our ancient fables and chronicles ...
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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