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... Saxon ancestors . Although the Scandinavian or Teutonic deities would un- doubtedly have seemed more sublime to us , if they had been favoured with a Homer to have celebrated their actions and attributes , yet , as it is , their ...
... Saxon ancestors . Although the Scandinavian or Teutonic deities would un- doubtedly have seemed more sublime to us , if they had been favoured with a Homer to have celebrated their actions and attributes , yet , as it is , their ...
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... Saxon maid . And why ? hath such a place for her a charm Which wakes in valiant breasts far more alarm , Than perils on the storm - directed main , Or dangers on the battle's bloody plain ? No , no ; her cheek with fear is deadly pale ...
... Saxon maid . And why ? hath such a place for her a charm Which wakes in valiant breasts far more alarm , Than perils on the storm - directed main , Or dangers on the battle's bloody plain ? No , no ; her cheek with fear is deadly pale ...
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... Saxon's blood and virgin's rape ! " His warriors answered with courageous shout , And hastened after the spoil - laden rout . The frequent tokens of the hamlet's sack , The monarch met upon the robbers ' track ; Along the path the ...
... Saxon's blood and virgin's rape ! " His warriors answered with courageous shout , And hastened after the spoil - laden rout . The frequent tokens of the hamlet's sack , The monarch met upon the robbers ' track ; Along the path the ...
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... Saxon's strength to learn - 170 Since fight they must why should they wish to know- They dash at once upon the coming foe , Who meets them midway on the verdant plain , But cannot their impetuous shock sustain . The ocean warriors were ...
... Saxon's strength to learn - 170 Since fight they must why should they wish to know- They dash at once upon the coming foe , Who meets them midway on the verdant plain , But cannot their impetuous shock sustain . The ocean warriors were ...
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... Saxon could the Norsemen save ; Though long with trumpet voice and rapid might , The youthful chief upheld the failing fight . The magic raven of Öreyda drooped ; Among the Saxon foes that banner stooped . The Norman leader rushed to ...
... Saxon could the Norsemen save ; Though long with trumpet voice and rapid might , The youthful chief upheld the failing fight . The magic raven of Öreyda drooped ; Among the Saxon foes that banner stooped . The Norman leader rushed to ...
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Ægir Æsir Álfheim ancient Asgard Baldur battle beauty beneath bliss blood boast bold bore breast bright charms chief dark daughter death deep deities dread earth Edda Edgiva Einherjar Endil evil eyes Fate fear fell Fenrir fire Frey Freyja Gerda giant glittering Goddess gods gold golden hall harp hath heart heathen heaven Heimdall Hela's Hilda Jörmungand Jötnar Jötun Jötunheim king knew light LINE Loki look lover magic maid maiden Máni Mundilfari's Nagelfare Náströnd Night Njörd Njörðr Nornir note 15 NOTE 30 o'er Odin Odin's Oðinn race Ragnarök Rán Runic Sagas Saxon sea-king shalt shield sire Skalds Skirnis Skuld slain Sleipnir smile Soel Sól Song of Grímnir sons soon soul spirit spoke steed stood strength Surtur sweet sword thee thine Thor thou thought Utgard Vala Valhalla Vali Vali's Valkyrjor Viking Völuspá warriors wrath Yggdrasill youth
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Page 258 - Witch. Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake : Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, Adder's...
Page 161 - All scattered in the bottom of the sea, Some lay in dead men's skulls ; and in those holes Where eyes did once inhabit, there were crept (As...
Page iii - The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.
Page 258 - Wool of bat and tongue of dog, Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg and owlet's wing, For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.
Page 195 - Here the oddda hraun, or horrible lava, begins and extends to a great distance toward the south and west. It is described as the wildest and most hideous tract in the whole island. The surface is extremely rugged, consisting of broken and pointed rocks, between which are fissures and chasms of a tremendous size, that throw insuperable barriers in the way of any traveller who might wish to penetrate beyond them.
Page 183 - A young Danish warrior going to be beheaded begged of an executioner that his hair might not be touched by a slave, or stained with his blood, f In the Anglo-Saxon poem of Beowulf, we find — " The lung-haired oue, illustrious in battle.
Page 272 - Incidit in medias ferrum penetrabile costas. Hercule nemo illo visus mihi fortior unquam. Semivigil subsedit enim cubitoque reclinis 220. Ridendo excepit letum mortemque cachinno Sprevit et Elysium gaudens successit in orbem. Magna viri virtus, quae risu calluit uno Supremam celare necem summumque dolorem Corporis ac mentis laeto compescere vultu! 225. Nunc quoque cuiusdam praeclaro stemmate nati Vitales fibras ferro rimabar eodem, Et ferrum penitus intra praecordia mersi. Filius hie regis et avito...
Page 194 - Fremri also consists of lava, and from the mountains around which these mines lie, as far as the eye can reach, nothing is seen but one interminable region of desolation. The dismal gloom of this tract is barely relieved by the columns of smoke that are constantly ascending into the atmosphere through apertures and fissures in various parts of the surface. Here the oddda hraun, or horrible lava, begins and extends to a great distance toward the south and west.
Page 194 - As far as the eye can reach, nothing is seen but one vast chaos of stones and earth, timber and boards, tables, chairs, beds, and clothing, mingled in horrible confusion. Men everywhere at work, worn out and...
Page vii - Vihing is the first of a series, in which the author, who shields himself under the name of Zavarr, intends to illustrate the various systems of mythology that have prevailed to any extent in the world, we wonder at the enthusiasm which can labour without hopes of return. The...