| Matthew Denton - 1873 - 218 pages
...think that a banquet is preparing for me in the palace of the gods. Soon, soon, in the splendid abode of Odin we shall drink beer out of the skulls of our enemies. A brave man shrinks not from death ; I shall utter no words expressive of fear as I enter the hall of Odin. . .... | |
| John Walker Vilant Macbeth - 1875 - 558 pages
...service to English poetry by bringing the old ballads into notice, translated this expression thus : " Soon in the splendid hall of Odin we shall drink beer out of the skulls of our enemies." " Out of the concave goblets of skulls." Thus has the idea prevailed that our Scandinavian sires pictured... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1880 - 888 pages
...translated, is, "Soon shall we drink out of the curved trees of the head ;" which Bishop Percy translates, " Soon, in the splendid hall of Odin, we shall drink beer out of the skulls of our enemies." And thus also have the Danes themselves, the Germans, and the French. The original and extraordinary... | |
| 1885 - 164 pages
...the banquet that is preparing for me in the palace of the gods. Soon — soon, in the splendid abode of Odin, we shall drink beer out of the skulls of our enemies." — " But it is time to cease. Odin hath sent his goddesses to conduct me to his palace. I am going... | |
| 1885 - 184 pages
...the banquet that is preparing for me in the palace of the gods. Soon — soon, in the splendid abode of Odin, we shall drink beer out of the skulls of our enemies." — " But it is time to cease. Odin hath sent his goddesses to conduct me to his palace. I am going... | |
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