Arnljot GellineAmerican-Scandinavian foundation, 1917 - 155 стор. |
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Сторінка 70
... fire , Darkness behind , Like two wild beasts they emerged from the night . Sat the King there ' midst a ring of men , The bishop , Finn Arnesson , and Björn Stallar , Behind them lay Tormod in Gissur's lap . Crouching sat IN THE CAMP.
... fire , Darkness behind , Like two wild beasts they emerged from the night . Sat the King there ' midst a ring of men , The bishop , Finn Arnesson , and Björn Stallar , Behind them lay Tormod in Gissur's lap . Crouching sat IN THE CAMP.
Сторінка 72
... Arnesson gave them a nod ; He liked their looks ; - Once more the King questioned them : " Me will ye serve ; - - serve ye also Jesus Christ , Lord of us all ? " " Nay , no god have we ever served ; - Wasteful it were ! Let each man do ...
... Arnesson gave them a nod ; He liked their looks ; - Once more the King questioned them : " Me will ye serve ; - - serve ye also Jesus Christ , Lord of us all ? " " Nay , no god have we ever served ; - Wasteful it were ! Let each man do ...
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... Arnesson , Sank at once into slumber , And saw Bright and wonderful visions . Wavering in the heavens , Saw the Lord's host angelic In the sun . Building out of the sunbeams A bridge , upward arching Straight from the plain terrestrial ...
... Arnesson , Sank at once into slumber , And saw Bright and wonderful visions . Wavering in the heavens , Saw the Lord's host angelic In the sun . Building out of the sunbeams A bridge , upward arching Straight from the plain terrestrial ...
Сторінка 97
... Arnesson , Thus to him spoke : " Castest thou spear - flight Upon my army ? Thus was it not When last we parted Southward at Möre . Kin hast thou with me , And four of thy brothers . " Answered then Kalv : " What time thou didst leave ...
... Arnesson , Thus to him spoke : " Castest thou spear - flight Upon my army ? Thus was it not When last we parted Southward at Möre . Kin hast thou with me , And four of thy brothers . " Answered then Kalv : " What time thou didst leave ...
Сторінка 116
... Arnesson ; his brothers Found he alive . But they would not Aid accept From his hand . Kalv came up where Tore sat . Lingering stood there , nothing saying . " Here the King lies , " whispered Tore ; " The King's blood Healed my wound ...
... Arnesson ; his brothers Found he alive . But they would not Aid accept From his hand . Kalv came up where Tore sat . Lingering stood there , nothing saying . " Here the King lies , " whispered Tore ; " The King's blood Healed my wound ...
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Æsir Afrafaste army Arnljot Gelline art thou bade banner battle BATTLE OF STIKLESTAD bishop Björn Björnson Blood-red body bonders bore Chapter chieftain christened Christianity death earth eyes faith fare farmstead father fell fight Finn fire follow forest gave gaze gleaming go hurrying go scurrying gods Gowk-Thorir greeting hand heard heaven Heimskringla host Iamtlanders Ingigerd Kalf Kalv Arnesson King answered King Olaf King's King's men land laughter lifted light Loki Lord mickle mighty mind Mörland mountains naught Ne'er night Norsemen Norway o'er Odin Olaf the Holy Olaf Trygvason Olaf's Onward peace poem Ragnarök ring rode Rolf Krake Saga of Olaf sang says shalt shields shoulder Sighvat silent skalds slain smiled smote Snorri Sturluson SONG spear Stiklestad stood sword thee Thorgeir Thorgils Thorir Hound Thormod thought Throndhjem Tiundaland took Tore Hund Trand Translated trolls Vikar vision warriors weary words wounded
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Сторінка 32 - ... the hosts of the heathen, and, smiling, falls with his king on the field of Stiklestad. One song from this cycle, "The Cloister in the South" is here reproduced in an exact copy of the original metre, in the hope that even this imperfect representation of the poem may be better than none at all. Who would enter so late the cloister in?
Сторінка ix - Arnljot Gelline HH Boyesen says: "Never has he found a more daring and tremendous expression for the spirit of old Norse paganism than in this powerful but somewhat chaotic poem. Never has any one gazed more deeply into the ferocious heart of the primitive, predatory man, whose free, wild soul has not yet been tamed by social obligations and the scourge of the law.