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... head , and lay down again . Finnbogi said : I see thou wishest us to meet on equal terms , ' and flung away his sword : ' Now stand up , if thou art not the most cowardly of all beasts . ' This taunt the bear could not stand , and ran ...
... head , and lay down again . Finnbogi said : I see thou wishest us to meet on equal terms , ' and flung away his sword : ' Now stand up , if thou art not the most cowardly of all beasts . ' This taunt the bear could not stand , and ran ...
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... head , and the giants , with Loki at their head , have been supposed to belong to the same system of religion . The subject seems to me well worthy of investigation . I have merely hinted at it here , because in this part of the ...
... head , and the giants , with Loki at their head , have been supposed to belong to the same system of religion . The subject seems to me well worthy of investigation . I have merely hinted at it here , because in this part of the ...
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... head upon the stake . Whereupon he said , Here do I raise up a níðstöng , and turn the disgrace and injury against King Eiríkr and Queen Gunnhildr . ' He turned the head towards the land and continued : ' I turn these dire spells ...
... head upon the stake . Whereupon he said , Here do I raise up a níðstöng , and turn the disgrace and injury against King Eiríkr and Queen Gunnhildr . ' He turned the head towards the land and continued : ' I turn these dire spells ...
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... head of a man on a post and graved runes on it in the usual manner ; whereupon he killed a mare and put the carcase the post , turning the head to wards Borg , the residence of his enemy . " on One of the great monsters of the sea was ...
... head of a man on a post and graved runes on it in the usual manner ; whereupon he killed a mare and put the carcase the post , turning the head to wards Borg , the residence of his enemy . " on One of the great monsters of the sea was ...
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... head ; and the third day an entire man , who was beautiful , great , and powerful , and was called Buri . " He was the grandfather of Óðinn . Thus the cow was , if not the great- grandmother of Óðinn , at least an instrument by which ...
... head ; and the third day an entire man , who was beautiful , great , and powerful , and was called Buri . " He was the grandfather of Óðinn . Thus the cow was , if not the great- grandmother of Óðinn , at least an instrument by which ...
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