There had been an ox slaughtered, and the hide lay there. Njal told the steward to spread the hide over them, and he did so. ' So there they lay down both of them in their bed, and put the boy between them. Then they signed themselves and the boy with... Epic and Romance: Essays on Medieval Literature - Page 213by William Paton Ker - 1908 - 398 pagesFull view - About this book
| English literature - 1861 - 612 pages
...indoors." " I was given away to Njal young," said Bergthora, " and I have promised him this, that we would both share the same fate." After that they both went...and spread it over them, and went out afterwards. Kettle-ofthe-Mark caught hold of him and dragged him out ; he asked carefully after his father-in-law,... | |
| 1861 - 620 pages
...eager for rest." Then she said to the boy, Thord Kari's son, " Thee will I take out and thou shall not burn in here." " Thou hast promised me this, grandmother,"...and spread it over them, and went out afterwards. Kettle-ofthe-Mark caught hold of him and dragged him out ; he asked carefully after his father-in-law,... | |
| English periodicals - 1861 - 576 pages
...them. Then they signed themselves and the boy with the cross, and gave over their souls into Qod's hand, and that was the last word that men heard them utter. Such is the end of Njal and his brave wife. Skarphedinn and Grim likewise perish in the flames ; while... | |
| 1862 - 628 pages
...spoke to "his"stevmrd and said, ' "Now shalt thou see where we lay us down, and how I lay us out; fur I mean not to stir an inch hence, whether reek or...steward took the hide, and spread it over them, and went oat afterwards.' J Meanwhile the house burnt, and all perished who were still within it, with the exception... | |
| English literature - 1862 - 600 pages
...whether reek or burning smart me, and so thou wilt be able to guess where to look for our boaes." ' He said he would do so. ' There had been an ox slaughtered,...and spread it over them, and went out afterwards.' * Meanwhile the house burnt, and all perished who were still within it, with the exception of Kari,... | |
| English literature - 1862 - 602 pages
...thou wilt bo able to guess where to look for our bones." ' Ho said he would do so. ' There had been on ox slaughtered, and the hide lay there. Njal told...and spread it over them, and went out afterwards.' * Meanwhile the house burnt, and all perished who were still within it, with the exception of Kari,... | |
| Richard John King - Belgium - 1874 - 464 pages
...Njal, " and lay us down. I have long been eager for rest." ' Then she said to the boy Thord, Karl's son, — ' " Thee will I take out, and thou shalt...and spread it over them, and went out afterwards.' Meanwhile the house burnt, and all perished who were still within it, with the exception of Kari, who,... | |
| Richard John King - Belgium - 1874 - 520 pages
...should never part so long as I wished to be with thee ; but methinks it is much better to die v, ith thee and Njal than to live after you." ' Then she...utter. ' Then the steward took the hide, and spread it ovej them, and went out afterwards.' Meanwhile the house burnt, and all perished who were still within... | |
| Richard John King - Belgium - 1874 - 508 pages
...smart me, and so thou wilt be able to guess where to look for our bones." ' He said he would do BO. 'There had been an ox slaughtered, and the hide lay...and spread it over them, and went out afterwards.' Meanwhile the house burnt, and all perished who were still within it, with the exception of Kari, who,... | |
| Letitia M. Maccoll, Letitia MacColl Elton - Iceland - 1887 - 226 pages
...so thou wilt be able to guess where to look for our bones." He said he would do so. lay there. Nial told the steward to spread the hide over them, and...and spread it over them, and went out afterwards. . . . Skarphedinn (Nial's eldest son) saw how his father laid him down, and how he laid himself out,... | |
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