Northern Antiquities: Or, A Description of the Manners, Customs, Religion and Laws of the Ancient Danes, and Other Northern Nations: Including Those of Our Own Saxon Ancestors. With a Translation of the Edda, Or System of Runic Mythology, and Other Pieces, from the Ancient Islandic Tongue ...T. Carnan and Company, 1770 - 356 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة xxix
... set forth in the EDDA ; although the authors of these pie- ces lived in very different times and places from those in which Sæmund and Snorro flourished . These doubts being removed , it only remains to clear up fuch as may arife con ...
... set forth in the EDDA ; although the authors of these pie- ces lived in very different times and places from those in which Sæmund and Snorro flourished . These doubts being removed , it only remains to clear up fuch as may arife con ...
الصفحة 34
... set to regulate the course of the Moon , and its dif- ferent quarters . One day he carried off two children , named Bil and Hiuke , as they were returning from a fountain , carrying between them a pitcher suspended on a stick . These ...
... set to regulate the course of the Moon , and its dif- ferent quarters . One day he carried off two children , named Bil and Hiuke , as they were returning from a fountain , carrying between them a pitcher suspended on a stick . These ...
الصفحة 90
... set himself at liberty . The Gods having seen this , made a new set of iron chains , half as strong again as the for- mer , and prevailed on the Wolf to put them ! them on , assuring him that in breaking these he ( 90 ) 17 Of the ...
... set himself at liberty . The Gods having seen this , made a new set of iron chains , half as strong again as the for- mer , and prevailed on the Wolf to put them ! them on , assuring him that in breaking these he ( 90 ) 17 Of the ...
الصفحة 106
... set before him , ODIN distributes to two wolves , known by the names of Geri and Freki : for as to himself , he stands in no need of food : wine is to him instead of every other aliment ; according to what is said in these verses ...
... set before him , ODIN distributes to two wolves , known by the names of Geri and Freki : for as to himself , he stands in no need of food : wine is to him instead of every other aliment ; according to what is said in these verses ...
الصفحة 118
... set out with LOKE , in his own chariot , drawn by two He - Goats ; but night coming on , they were obliged to put up at a peasant's cottage . The God Thor immediately flew his two He - Goats , and having skinned them , or- dered them to ...
... set out with LOKE , in his own chariot , drawn by two He - Goats ; but night coming on , they were obliged to put up at a peasant's cottage . The God Thor immediately flew his two He - Goats , and having skinned them , or- dered them to ...
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८८ almoſt alſo ancient anſwered Aſh aſked Balder becauſe Biarmland called cauſe Celtes Celtic nations cient compoſed cuſtom death diſcover divine earth EDDA ejus Engliſh eſſe eſt FABLE faid fame Fenris fince firſt flain fome fons Frey Frigga fuit funt Gauls Genii Giants Gods Goranſon Gothic GRYMER hæc hath heaven Heroes himſelf horſe Icelandic itſelf king laſt leſs Loke Mallet moſt muſt night obſerve Odin omnes palace paſſage paſſed perſon pleaſure poem preſent preſerved quæ quod reaſon religion REMARKS reſpect ſame ſays ſays Gangler ſecond ſee ſeems ſeen ſent ſerve ſet ſhall ſhe ſhould ſmall ſome ſon ſpeak ſtill ſtrong ſubject ſuch ſuppoſed Surtur ſword ſyſtem Tacitus terra themſelves theſe Thialfe Thor thoſe tions Torus tranſlated Tunc Univerſal uſe vaſt vero verſes Verſion veſſel VOLUSPA warriors whoſe Wolf Fenris worſhip Ymir
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الصفحة 177 - And there was war in heaven; Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought, and his angels, and prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world; he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
الصفحة 21 - There were giants in the earth in those days ; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
الصفحة 176 - And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood ; and the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
الصفحة 26 - 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...
الصفحة 82 - He requires less sleep than a bird, and sees by night, as well as by day, a hundred miles around him. So acute is his ear that no sound escapes him, for he can even hear the grass growing on the earth, and the wool on a sheep's back.
الصفحة 86 - Loke, say that she there possesses large apartments, strongly built, and fenced with gates of iron. Her hall is Grief; her table, Famine; Hunger, her knife; Delay, her servant; Faintness. her porch; Sickness and Pain, her bed; and her tent, Cursing and Howling.
الصفحة 122 - Are there any birds perched upon this tree? I thought one of their feathers had fallen upon me." Then he added, "What keeps you awake, Thor? I fancy it is now time for us to get up, and dress ourselves. You are now not very far from the city of Utgard.
الصفحة 124 - Loke then said, that his art consisted in eating more than any other man in the world, and that he would challenge any one at that kind of combat. ' It must, indeed, be owned,' replied the king, ' that you are not wanting in dexterity, if you are able to perform what you promise.
الصفحة 161 - Surtur is at their head; before and behind him sparkles a bright, glowing fire. His sword outshines the sun itself. The army of these Genii, passing on horseback over the bridge of heaven, break it in pieces: thence they direct their course to a plain, where they are joined by the wolf Fenris and the great Serpent. Thither also repair...
الصفحة 41 - are not to be blamed on that account ; Bifrost is of itself a very good bridge, but there is nothing in nature that can hope to make resistance when the sons of Muspell sally forth to the great combat.