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Page 331
... Styr , on account of his fierce and quarrelsome disposition . It was no easy matter , however , to prevail upon Styr to accept of the patronage of the Berserkir . In vain Vermund protested that he gifted him with two such champions as ...
... Styr , on account of his fierce and quarrelsome disposition . It was no easy matter , however , to prevail upon Styr to accept of the patronage of the Berserkir . In vain Vermund protested that he gifted him with two such champions as ...
Page 332
... Styr for a time re- mained silent , considering how best he might evade the presumptuous demand of this frantic champion ; and at length observed , that the friends of his family must be consulted upon his daughter's establishment ...
... Styr for a time re- mained silent , considering how best he might evade the presumptuous demand of this frantic champion ; and at length observed , that the friends of his family must be consulted upon his daughter's establishment ...
Page 333
... Styr caused their bodies to be interred in a glen in the lava , close to the road , and of such depth that nothing but the sky was visible from its recesses . Then Styr composed this song concerning his exploit : " Synduz mer , sem ...
... Styr caused their bodies to be interred in a glen in the lava , close to the road , and of such depth that nothing but the sky was visible from its recesses . Then Styr composed this song concerning his exploit : " Synduz mer , sem ...
Page 529
... styr falli . Klyfr ei aegis - aundrom Annar Jarlinn fraegri Lundar - vaull til laegis A lâng - scipom sidan : Så bar siklingr vitha Snart fram i styr hiarta . We hew'd with our Swords ! Blooming was my youth when east at Eyra's straits ...
... styr falli . Klyfr ei aegis - aundrom Annar Jarlinn fraegri Lundar - vaull til laegis A lâng - scipom sidan : Så bar siklingr vitha Snart fram i styr hiarta . We hew'd with our Swords ! Blooming was my youth when east at Eyra's straits ...
Page 531
... styr falla . Hiuggom ver med hiaurvi . Hrundi daugg af sverdom Bryn i Bartha - firdi . Bleican nå fyrir hauka . Vindi âlmr thar er oddar All - hratt bito skyrtor I slidor - loga - senno Svolnis hatte thaefdar . Rendi ormr til unda Eitr ...
... styr falla . Hiuggom ver med hiaurvi . Hrundi daugg af sverdom Bryn i Bartha - firdi . Bleican nå fyrir hauka . Vindi âlmr thar er oddar All - hratt bito skyrtor I slidor - loga - senno Svolnis hatte thaefdar . Rendi ormr til unda Eitr ...
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Page 253 - Other refuge have I none; . Hangs my helpless soul on Thee: Leave, ah, leave me not alone, Still support and comfort me : All my trust on Thee is stay'd, All my help from Thee I bring; Cover my defenceless head With the shadow of Thy wing.
Page 206 - The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Shar'on, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.
Page 190 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, And are counted as the small dust of the balance: Behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Page 137 - Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the Lord, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.
Page 378 - Though poor the peasant's hut, his feasts tho' small, He sees his little lot the lot of all ; Sees no contiguous palace rear its head To shame the meanness of his humble shed...
Page 171 - Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
Page 150 - Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air, That felt unusual weight ; till on dry land He lights, if it were land that ever burn'd With solid, as the lake with liquid fire...
Page 163 - The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field. 27 And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.
Page 114 - There cometh One mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
Page 230 - ... shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?