The Heimskringla: Or, The Sagas of the Norse Kings from the Icelandic of Snorre Sturlason, Volume 1J. C. Nimmo, 1889 - America |
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Anglo-Saxon antiquaries appear army battle Biorn Bishop brother called CHAPTER chief Christianity church civilisation coast Danish daughter death Denmark district Earl Hakon Earl Ragnvald Edda Egil eleventh century England English expeditions Eystein Fabulous father feast fell feudal fiord Frode Gautland gave Granmar Greenland Gudrod Guthorm Hadeland Hakon Halfdan the Black Harald Harfager Heimskringla historical Iceland island Isles Jorund killed King Eirik King Halfdan King Harald King Ingiald King Olaf king's kingdom land language literature lived mound Norse northern Northmen Norway Odin Olaf Trygveson Orkney pagan plundered population priest race Raumarike religion Rolf Roman Runic Saga sailed Saxon ships Sigurd skaldic poetry skalds Skrælings Snorre Sturlason Snorre's social arrangement sons spirit stone Sturlunga Saga subsistence Svithiod Sweden Swedish Things Thiodolf Throndhjem tion took Torfæus translation udal udal-born Upsala vessels Vestfold Viken viking Vingulmark Vinland voyages winter wood Yngve
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Page 258 - and then there were good seasons in all the land, which the Swedes ascribed to Frey; so that he was more worshipped than the other gods, as the people became much richer in his days by reason of the peace and good seasons. His wife was called Gerd, daughter of Gymer, and their son was called
Page 324 - into the jurisprudence of all savage nations ; and according to Gibbon, chap. 44, "the jurisprudence of the first Romans exhibited the scenes of a pantomime : the words were adapted to the gestures, and the slightest error or neglect in
Page 368 - children is of less consideration than the other. From these transactions between the two kings, it appears that each wanted to be held greater than the other; but in truth there was no injury to the dignity of either, for each was the upper king in his own kingdom till his dying day. CHAPTER
Page 319 - these my words. I will only agree to be his lawful wife upon the condition that he shall first, for my sake, subject to himself the whole of Norway, so that he may rule over that kingdom as freely and
Page 242 - He wrote, as he himself says, the lives and times of the kings of Norway from the report of Od Kolson, a grandson of Hal of Sida. Od again took his information from Thorgeir Afradskol, who was an intelligent man, and so old that when Earl Hakon the Great was killed he was dwelling at
Page 246 - are many great domains, and many wonderful races of men, and many kinds of languages. There are giants, and there are dwarfs, and there are also blue men. There are wild beasts, and dreadfully large dragons. On the north side of the mountains which lie outside of all inhabited lands runs a river through
Page 241 - (the learned), a son of Thorgils the son of Geller, was the first man in this country § who wrote down in the Norse language narratives of events both old and new. In the beginning of his book he wrote principally about the first settlements in Iceland, the laws and government, and next of the lagmen,|| and how long each
Page 258 - ruled over the growth of seasons and the prosperity of the people. In his time all the diar or gods died, and blood-sacrifices were made for them. Niord died on the bed of sickness, and before he died made himself be marked for Odin with the spear-point.
Page 246 - The country east of the Tanaquisl in Asia was called Asaland, or Asaheim, and the chief city in that land was called Asgard.§ In that city was a chief called Odin, and it was a great place for sacrifice. It was the custom there that twelve temple
Page 1 - that is or has been of value to man in modern times as a member of society, either in Europe or in the New World, may be traced to the spark left burning upon our shores by these northern barbarians. Our