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
... instances that appear at first sight very plausible . But whoever considers how little we can depend upon the etymo- logy of obsolete words , derived from barbarous dead lan- guages , in which there are no books extant , will not build ...
... instances that appear at first sight very plausible . But whoever considers how little we can depend upon the etymo- logy of obsolete words , derived from barbarous dead lan- guages , in which there are no books extant , will not build ...
Side 9
... instance only in one point , among the Germans , the wife did not give a dowry to her husband , but the husband to the wife , as Tacitus expressly assures us§ . Whereas we learn from * Cæsar is so much more precise and positive against ...
... instance only in one point , among the Germans , the wife did not give a dowry to her husband , but the husband to the wife , as Tacitus expressly assures us§ . Whereas we learn from * Cæsar is so much more precise and positive against ...
Side 14
... instances , the institutions of the Druids among the Celts were extremely different from those of the Teutonic nations . To mention a few : the former fre- quently burnt a great number of human victims alive , in large wicker images ...
... instances , the institutions of the Druids among the Celts were extremely different from those of the Teutonic nations . To mention a few : the former fre- quently burnt a great number of human victims alive , in large wicker images ...
Side 19
... instance ; the Welsh word Drug , and the Armoric Drouc ( Eng . Evil ) , though so differently written , are in sound no further distant than Droog and Drook , the vowels in both being pronounced exactly alike . It is much to be lamented ...
... instance ; the Welsh word Drug , and the Armoric Drouc ( Eng . Evil ) , though so differently written , are in sound no further distant than Droog and Drook , the vowels in both being pronounced exactly alike . It is much to be lamented ...
Side 25
... instance , several nations speaking cognate languages , but remotely connected with any other known tongue , are also distinguished by physiological traits sufficiently prominent to constitute a distinct race . A higher class of facts ...
... instance , several nations speaking cognate languages , but remotely connected with any other known tongue , are also distinguished by physiological traits sufficiently prominent to constitute a distinct race . A higher class of facts ...
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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