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" King Olaf could run across the oars outside of the vessel while his men were rowing the Serpent. He could play with three daggers, so that one was always in the air, and he took the one falling by the handle. He could walk all round upon the ship's rails,... "
The Heimskringla: Or, The Sagas of the Norse Kings from the Icelandic of ... - Page 186
by Snorri Sturluson, Samuel Laing - 1889
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Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 11

William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1844 - 830 pages
...sagas ; and he w^is stronger and more agile than most men, and many stories are written down about it King Olaf could run across the oars outside of the...was a very merry, frolicsome man ; gay and social ; had great taste in everything ; was very generous ; was very finical in his dress, but in battle...
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Tait's Edinburgh magazine, Volume 11

1844 - 848 pages
...outside of the vessel while his men were rowing the Serpent. He could play with three daggers, во that one was always in the air, and he took the one...was a very merry, frolicsome man ; gay and social ; had great taste in everything ; was very generous ; was very finical in his dress, but in battle...
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The Monthly Religious Magazine, Volumes 31-32

1864 - 872 pages
...men were rowing the Serpeut. He could play with three daggers, so that one was always in the uir ; and he took the one falling by the handle. He could...Olaf was a very merry, frolicsome man, gay and social ; had great taste in every thing ; was very generous ; was very finical in his dress ; but in battle...
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The Fleets of the World: The Galley Period

Foxhall Alexander Parker - 1876 - 288 pages
...with three daggers in the air, catching the one falling always by the handle ; could cut and strike equally well with both hands, and could cast two spears at once. ""He one day ascended the Smaller Horn and fixed his shield upon, its very peak, where never man had...
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Norwegian Pictures: Drawn with Pen and Pencil : Containing Also a Glance at ...

Richard Lovett - 1885 - 248 pages
...it. One is that he ascended the Smalsor Horn (Hornelen), and fixed his shield upon the very peak. He could run across the oars outside of the vessel while...Olaf was a very merry, frolicsome man, gay and social ; had great taste in everything ; was very generous, very careful in his dress, but in battles he exceeded...
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Norwegian Pictures: Drawn with Pen and Pencil : Containing Also a Glance at ...

Richard Lovett - 1885 - 244 pages
...it. One is that he ascended the Smalsor Horn (Hornelen), and fixed his shield upon the very peak. He could run across the oars outside of the vessel while...Olaf was a very merry, frolicsome man, gay and social ; had great taste in everything ; was very generous, very careful in his dress, but in battles he exceeded...
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Norwegian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil: Containing Also a Glance at ...

1885 - 244 pages
...it. One is that he ascended the Smalsor Horn (Hornelen), and fixed his shield upon the very peak. He could run across the oars outside of the vessel while...Olaf was a very merry, frolicsome man, gay and social ; had great taste in everything; was very generous, very careful in his dress, but in battles he exceeded...
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The Historians' History of the World: Scandinavia. Switzerland to 1715

Henry Smith Williams - 1904 - 726 pages
...that one was always in the air, and he took the one falling by the handle. He could walk all around upon the ship's rails, could strike and cut equally...hands, and could cast two spears at once. King Olaf 1 From this dialogue, which we may fairly take as a true representation of the tone of conversation,...
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Literature of the World: An Introductory Study

William Lee Richardson, Jesse M. Owen - 1922 - 552 pages
...Note the following picture of Olaf Trygvesson : "King Olaf could run across the oars outside of his vessel while his men were rowing the Serpent. He could...was a very merry, frolicsome man ; gay and social ; had great taste in everything ; was very generous ; was very finical in his dress, but in battle...
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