 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1844 - 830 pages
...bow of a mighty king !" and, throwing the bow aside, he took sword and shield, and fought valiantly. The king stood on the gangways of the Long Serpent,...he called aloud, " Why do ye strike so gently that ye seldom cut!" One among the people auswered, " The swords are blunt and full of notches." Then the... | |
 | Snorri Sturluson, Samuel Laing - 1889 - 450 pages
...race, and was a superior archer, — " Shoot that tall man by the mast." Fin shot ; and the arroAv hit the middle of Einar's bow just at the moment that...he called aloud, " Why do ye strike so gently that ye seldom cut ? " One among the people answered, " The swords are blunt and full of notches." Then... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - 1904 - 726 pages
...bow of a mighty king!" and, throwing the bow aside, he took sword and shield, and fought valiantly. The king stood on the gangways of the Long Serpent,...spears at once. He looked down over the ship's side, [1000 AD] and saw that his men struck briskly with their swords, and yet wounded but seldom. Then he... | |
 | Snorri Sturluson - 1905 - 412 pages
...of a mighty king!" and, throwing the bow aside, he took sword and shield, and fought valiantly. 119. OLAF GIVES HIS MEN SHARP SWORDS. The king stood on...two spears at once. He looked down over the ship's sides, and saw that his men struck briskly with their swords, and yet wounded but seldom. Then he called... | |
 | Snorri Sturluson - 1906 - 404 pages
...king!" and, throwing the bow aside, he took sword and shield, and fought valiantly. 119. OLAF GIVES HlS MEN SHARP SWORDS. The king stood on the gangways of...two spears at once. He looked down over the ship's sides, 244 and saw that his men struck briskly with their swords, and yet wounded but seldom. Then... | |
 | Snorri Sturluson - 1906 - 400 pages
...the bow aside, he took sword and shield, and fought valiantly. 119. OLAF GIVES HIS MEN SHARP SWORTJS. The king stood on the gangways of the Long Serpent,...two spears at once. He looked down over the ship's sides, and saw that his men struck briskly with their swords, and yet wounded but seldom. Then he called... | |
 | John Newton Friend - 1926 - 242 pages
...— the father of Canute — in which Olaf lost his life. During the course of the struggle Olaf* " looked down over the ship's side, and saw that his...he called aloud, ' Why do ye strike so gently that ye seldom cut ? ' One among the people answered, ' The swords are blunt and full of notches.' Then... | |
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OLAF GIVES HIS MEN SHARP SWORDS. — The king stood on the gangways of the Long Serpent, and shot the greater part of the day; sometimes with the bow, sometimes with the spear, and always throwing two spears at once. He looked down over the ship's side,... 