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 10
... less in their institutions and laws . The Celtic nations do not appear to have had that equal plan of liberty , which was the peculiar honour of all the Gothic tribes , and which they carried with them , and planted wherever they formed ...
... less in their institutions and laws . The Celtic nations do not appear to have had that equal plan of liberty , which was the peculiar honour of all the Gothic tribes , and which they carried with them , and planted wherever they formed ...
Side 14
... of Pindar and Horace . There never existed any institution in which there appears * Vid . Cæsar de Bell . Gall . lib . vi . Borlace , p . 127 . † Cæsar , lib . vi less of reserve and mystery than in that of the 14 BISHOP PERCY'S PREFACE.
... of Pindar and Horace . There never existed any institution in which there appears * Vid . Cæsar de Bell . Gall . lib . vi . Borlace , p . 127 . † Cæsar , lib . vi less of reserve and mystery than in that of the 14 BISHOP PERCY'S PREFACE.
Side 15
... less of reserve and mystery than in that of the Scandinavian people . After all , it may possibly be true that the Teutonic nations borrowed some opinions and practices from the Celts , with- out being at all descended from them , or ...
... less of reserve and mystery than in that of the Scandinavian people . After all , it may possibly be true that the Teutonic nations borrowed some opinions and practices from the Celts , with- out being at all descended from them , or ...
Side 22
... less perfect in all its parts , and point out its near or remote affinity to well - known cognate tongues . When a writer of the 17th or 18th century attempted to do any thing of the kind , he was sure to be led astray by some vague ...
... less perfect in all its parts , and point out its near or remote affinity to well - known cognate tongues . When a writer of the 17th or 18th century attempted to do any thing of the kind , he was sure to be led astray by some vague ...
Side 35
... less " respect for human life " than any people whose sanguinary deeds ever stained the pages of history . And as to the agrarian outrages of Ireland , they are the necessary result of the wretched system pursued for centuries in that ...
... less " respect for human life " than any people whose sanguinary deeds ever stained the pages of history . And as to the agrarian outrages of Ireland , they are the necessary result of the wretched system pursued for centuries in that ...
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abode Æsir afterwards ages Al-thing Anglo-Saxon appear arms Arnkill Asgard Baldur Bersi Bolli Cæsar called Celtic Celts century chieftain Christianity Cimbri coast Danish death deities Denmark derived divine doctrines earth Eddaic Poems Eirek etym fact father Finn Magnusen fire 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
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Side 160 - A multitude, like which the populous North Pour'd never from her frozen loins, to pass Rhene or the Danaw, when her barbarous sons Came like a deluge on the South, 'and spread Beneath Gibraltar to the Libyan sands.
Side 140 - OH ! haste and leave this sacred isle, " Unholy bark, ere morning smile ; " For on thy deck, though dark it be, " A female form I see ; " And I have sworn this sainted sod " Shall ne'er by woman's feet be trod.
Side 193 - Byzantine court; and they preserved, till the last age of the empire, the inheritance of spotless loyalty and the use of the Danish or English tongue. With their broad and double-edged battle-axes on their shoulders, they attended the Greek emperor to the temple, the senate, and the hippodrome ; he slept and feasted under their trusty guard ; and the keys of the palace, the treasury, and the capital were held by the firm and faithful hands of the Varangians...
Side 43 - Upreared of human hands. Come, and compare Columns and idol-dwellings — Goth or Greek — With Nature's realms of worship, earth and air — Nor fix on fond abodes to circumscribe thy prayer!
Side 510 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years...
Side 443 - Thou didst perform a feat no less wonderful by lifting up the cat, and to tell thee the truth, when we saw that one of his paws was off the floor, we were all of us terror-stricken, for what thou tookest for a cat was in reality the Midgard serpent that encompasseth the earth, and he was so stretched by thee, that he was barely long enough to enclose it between his head and tail.
Side 441 - ... if thou showest no greater prowess in other feats than methinks will be shown in this.
Side 400 - Gangler thus began his discourse: 'Who is the first or eldest of the gods?' "'In our language,' replied Har, 'he is called Alfadir (All-Father, or the Father of All) ; but in the old Asgard he -had twelve names.
Side 446 - JEsir, at their meetings, to get Balder to stand up and serve them as a mark, some hurling darts at him, some stones, while others hewed at him with their swords and battle-axes, for do...
Side 443 - ... have brought me so near to a great mishap, I would not have suffered thee to enter this time. Know then that I have all along deceived thee by my illusions ; first in the forest, where I tied up the wallet with iron wire so that thou couldst not untie it.