Publications of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study, Volume 3Published under the direction of the Executive Council of the Society, 1916 |
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Page 123 - For now we see in a mirror, darkly ; but then face to face : now I know in part ; but then shall I know even as also I have been known.
Page 172 - Vi ved ikke.' — Er der en sjæl? — 'Vi ved ikke.' — skal vi leve eller d^? — 'Vi ved ikke.' — Hvorfor existerer vi? — 'Vi ved ikke.' — Existerer jeg i det hele taget? — 'Vi ved ikke' — Hvad ved vi da egentlig? — 'Vi ved ikke.
Page 30 - So he gave her the sheep and the lamb, which she threw on to her shoulder, and carried off up the mountain again. Then Sigurdur went home, and right glad was the farmer to see him safe, and asked him whether he had seen anything. " Nothing whatever, out of the common," replied the boy. After New Year's day the farmer visited the flock, and, on looking over them, missed the sheep and lamb which he had given 'the youth, and asked him what had become of them. The boy answered that a fox had killed the...
Page 146 - Festtale-Idealitet i Foss og i Flaum. Dei gamle tala for dei unge og dei unge for dei gamle; ein Bystudent tala for Bondestudentane og ein Bondestudent for Bystudentane, det vil segja for dei Bystudentane som...
Page 181 - Me skal vera gode med kvarandre, so vil gud vera god med oss. Og no veit eg, at i dei barnslege ordi ligg heile kristendomen. For del er born me skal vera. Ikkje gruvle; taka kvar morgon paa med livsens leik og vera med i den; og gjera kvar sitt til at leiken kan bli god; daa vert dagane heller for stutte enn for lange.
Page 37 - Bk.,p. 144); and Lonkentus (Event. Sagn, p. 268). It may be urged that in all these instances the drinking imparts strength, not bravery. But the two qualities are closely related; and the saga-man makes it plain that, by means of the drink, Hott has acquired both. Bothvar says, " Now you have become very strong, and I don't believe that you will be afraid of the troop of King Hrolf any longer.
Page 271 - Vi, som mötas några korta stunder, barn av samma jord och samma under, på vår levnads stormomflutna näs! Skulle kärlekslöst vi gå och kalla? Samma ensamhet oss väntar alla, samma sorgsna sus på gravens gräs.
Page 24 - Giants, or Trolls, were mingled together in one superstition, as "no canny." They were all Trolls, all malignant; and thus it is that, in these Tales, the traditions about Odin and his underlings, about the Frost Giants, and about sorcerers and wizards, are confused and garbled; and all supernatural...
Page 273 - Att veta så innerligt fast och visst, att lyckan slår ögonen opp till sist, att andra skörda, där vi ha sått, den livets lycka, som vi ej fått, att inne i våndan slumrar ro, min enda, stora tro.
Page 36 - I'd like to see what kind of fellow he is. As for going, I won't go at all. I've done no harm; but meat you must get me, for I'm almost starved to death." When Halvor had eaten his fill, the Princess told him to try if he could brandish the sword that hung against the wall ; no, he couldn't brandish it, he couldn't even lift it up. " Oh !" said the Princess, " now you must go and take a pull of that flask that hangs by its side ; that's what the Troll does every time he goes out to use the sword.