Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875, Dulcken, H. W. (Henry William), 1832-1894, Bayes, Alfred Walter, 1832-1909, ill · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 606
upon their shields, and hammered the tablein glorious fashion with bones and knives. The Vikings wife sat upon the high seat in the open hall. She worea silken dress and golden armlets, and great amber beads: she was inher costliest garb. And the bard mentioned her in his song, and sangof the rich… … THE VIKINGS FEAST. him especially. He declared that the girl might grow up to be a statelyheroine, strong and determined as a man. She Avould not wink hereyes when a practised hand cut off her eyebrows with a sword by wayof a jest. The full mead-barrel was emptied, aud a fresh one brought in,…
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