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Nema suerdid selier mier
Samit rauda jotna mal.
Samit rauda jotna mal.
“May the poison of serpents and noxious flames torment you all within your ribs, unless you deliver me the sword adorned with gold.”
Vid. Herv. Saga, pag. 100, &c.
II.
“By Duergar or Dwarfs, the ancient Scandinavians did not understand human creatures defective in size or stature, but a distinct race of beings, a kind of lesser demons, who inhabited the rocks and mountains, and were remarkably expert at forging weapons, that were proof against all force or fraud.———They
