 is still used in Iceland as a magical sign in connection with storms of wind and rain. King Olaf, Longfellow tells us, when keeping Christmas at Drontheim — "O'er his drinking-horn, the sign He made of the Cross Divine, As he drank, and  Curious Myths of the Middle Ages - Pagina 279door Sabine Baring-Gould - 1889 - 272 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1863 - 310 pagina’s
...his horn filled up to the brim ; But the ale was never too strong, Nor the Saga-man's tale too long, O'er his drinking-horn, the sign He made of the cross divine, As he drank, and muttered his prayers; But the Berserks evermore Made the sign of the Hammer of Thor Over theirs. The... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 232 pagina’s
...his horn filled up to the brim ; But the ale was never too strong, Nor the Saga-man's tale too long, O'er his drinking-horn, the sign He made of the cross divine, As he drank, and muttered his prayers ; But the Berserks evermore Made the sign of the Hammer of Thor Over theirs. The... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 712 pagina’s
...filled up to the brim; But the ale was never too strong, Nor the Saga-man's tale too long, For him. O'er his drinking-horn, the sign He made of the Cross divine, As he drank, and muttered his prayers; But the Berserks evermore Made the sign of the Hammer of Thor Over theirs. The... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1867 - 144 pagina’s
...filled up to the brim; But the ale was never too strong, Nor the Saga-man's tale too long, For him. O'er his drinking-horn, the sign He made of the cross divine, As he drank, and muttered his prayers ; But the Berserks evermore Made the sign of the Hammer of Thor Over theirs. The... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1868 - 252 pagina’s
...filled up to the brim; P.ut the ale was never too strong, Nor the Saga-man's tale tooltiug, Fur him. O'er his drinking-horn the sign He made of the Cross divine, As he drank and muttered his prayers: But the Berserks evermore Made the sign of the Hammer of Thor Over theirs. And... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1868 - 784 pagina’s
...filled up to the brim; But the ale was never too strong, Nor the Saga-man's tale too long, For him. O'er his drinking-horn, the sign He made of the cross divine, As he drank, and muttered his pr.iyers; But the Berserks evermore Made the sign of the Hammer of Thor Over theirs. The... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1868 - 410 pagina’s
...But the ale was never too strong, Nor the Saga-man's tale too long, For him. O'er his drinking horn, the sign He made of the Cross divine, As he drank, and muttered his prayers ; But the Berserks evermore Made the sign of the Hammer of Thor Over theirs. The... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1870 - 642 pagina’s
...But the ale was never too strong, Nor the Saga-man's tale too long, For him. O'er his drinking horn, the sign He made of the Cross divine, As he drank, and muttered his prayers; But the Berserks evermore Made the sign of the Hammer of Thor Over theirs. The... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1871 - 442 pagina’s
...filled up to the brim ; But the ale was never too strong, Nor the Saga-man's tale too long, For him. O'er his drinking-horn, the sign He made of the cross divine, As he drank, and muttered his Srayers; erserks evermore Made the sign of the Hammer of Thor Over theirs. The gleams... | |
 | 1871 - 780 pagina’s
...made, it was in fact the sign of the Cross, as Longfellow says of Olaf:— " O'er his drinking horn, the sign He made of the Cross divine, As he drank, and muttered his prayers ; But the Berserks evermore Make the sign of the Hammer of Tkor Over ttieirs."... | |
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