| Johann Georg Heck - 1851 - 814 sider
...much it has sunk by thy draughts. The cat was the Nidgard, serpent, whose body encompasses the ocean ; when we saw that one of his paws was off the floor, we were terror-stricken, for he was then only long enough to inclose the waters between his teeth and tail.... | |
| 1852 - 814 sider
...much it has sunk by thy draughts. The cat was the Midgard serpent, whose body encompasses the ocean ; when we saw that one of his paws was off the floor, we were terror-stricken, for he was then only long enough to inclose the waters between his teeth and tail.... | |
| Thomas Bulfinch - 1855 - 508 sider
...of, but when thou comest to the shore thou wilt perceive how much the sea has sunk by thy draughts. Thou didst perform a feat no less wonderful by lifting...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... | |
| Johann Georg Heck - 1860 - 804 sider
...much it has sunk by thy draughts. The cat was the Midgard serpent, whose body encompasses the ocean ; when we saw that one of his paws was off the floor, we were terror-stricken, for he was then only long enough to inclose the waters between his teeth and tail.... | |
| Thomas Bulfinch - 1872 - 510 sider
...of, but when thou comest to the shore thou wilt perceive how much the fc,a has sunk by thy draughts. Thou didst perform a feat no less wonderful by lifting...truth, when we saw that one of his paws was off the fl<x>r, we were all of us terror-stricken, for what thou tookcsl for a cat was in reality the Midgard... | |
| Jason Nelson Fradenburgh - 1891 - 478 sider
...This is now called the ebb. You performed a feat no less wonderful when you lifted the cat. To tell the truth, when we saw that one of his paws was off...floor we were all of us terror-stricken ; for what you took for a cat was in reality the great Midgard-serpent, that encompasses the whole earth, and... | |
| Charles Mills Gayley - 1893 - 654 sider
...of, but when thou comest to the shore thou wilt perceive how much the sea has sunk by thy draughts. Thou didst perform a feat no less wonderful by lifting...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... | |
| Charles Mills Gayley - 1893 - 652 sider
...of, but when thou comest to the shore thou wilt perceive how much the sea has sunk by thy draughts. Thou didst perform a feat no less wonderful by lifting...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... | |
| Charles Mills Gayley - 1893 - 638 sider
...of, but when thou comest to the shore thou wilt perceive how much the sea has sunk by thy draughts. Thou didst perform a feat no less wonderful by lifting...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... | |
| Henry Budd - 1898 - 302 sider
...less wonderful by lifting up the cat, and to tell thee the truth, we were, all of us, terror struck, for what thou tookest for a cat was in reality the...serpent, that encompasseth the whole earth, and he then was barely long enough to enclose it between his head and tail, so high had thy hand raised him... | |
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