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 38
... northern and north - eastern parts being in pos- session of the Tshuds - a race belonging to the Arctic variety of the human species - and the south - eastern parts , com- prising the present countries of Turkey in Europe , Greece , and ...
... northern and north - eastern parts being in pos- session of the Tshuds - a race belonging to the Arctic variety of the human species - and the south - eastern parts , com- prising the present countries of Turkey in Europe , Greece , and ...
Side 39
... northern Germans . If we had an authentic history of the migrations of these various races , we should probably find that none of them are unmixed ; however , com- paratively speaking , the Celtic , Slavonic , and Teutonic , may be ...
... northern Germans . If we had an authentic history of the migrations of these various races , we should probably find that none of them are unmixed ; however , com- paratively speaking , the Celtic , Slavonic , and Teutonic , may be ...
Side 57
... northern countries , thus overstocked , and unable any longer to contain such restless inhabitants , equally greedy of glory and plunder , discharged at length , upon the Roman empire , the weight that oppressed them . The barriers of ...
... northern countries , thus overstocked , and unable any longer to contain such restless inhabitants , equally greedy of glory and plunder , discharged at length , upon the Roman empire , the weight that oppressed them . The barriers of ...
Side 62
... too prudent to enter into any kind of accommodation with such dangerous enemies , and al- ready divided among themselves about the distribution of But lands , returned a direct refusal to their demand . 62 NORTHERN ANTIQUITIES .
... too prudent to enter into any kind of accommodation with such dangerous enemies , and al- ready divided among themselves about the distribution of But lands , returned a direct refusal to their demand . 62 NORTHERN ANTIQUITIES .
Side 68
... northern settlements , and will account for the rapid conquests of Odin and his Asiatic followers : it might also be conjectured , that the small scattered remains of these old Celtic Cimbri , were the savage men who lurked up and down ...
... northern settlements , and will account for the rapid conquests of Odin and his Asiatic followers : it might also be conjectured , that the small scattered remains of these old Celtic Cimbri , were the savage men who lurked up and down ...
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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