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R. NNP 46118 581 11 B. B. NNP 46118 581 12 Anderson Anderson NNP 46118 581 13 . . . 46118 582 1 London London NNP 46118 582 2 , , , 46118 582 3 1889 1889 CD 46118 582 4 . . . 46118 583 1 S. S. NNP 46118 584 1 LAING.--_The LAING.--_The NNP 46118 584 2 Heimskringla Heimskringla NNP 46118 584 3 , , , 46118 584 4 or or CC 46118 584 5 Chronicle Chronicle NNP 46118 584 6 of of IN 46118 584 7 the the DT 46118 584 8 Kings king NNS 46118 584 9 of of IN 46118 584 10 Norway Norway NNP 46118 584 11 . . . 46118 584 12 _ _ NNP 46118 584 13 London London NNP 46118 584 14 , , , 46118 584 15 1844 1844 CD 46118 584 16 . . . 46118 585 1 R. R. NNP 46118 585 2 B. B. NNP 46118 586 1 ANDERSON.--_Snorro ANDERSON.--_Snorro NNP 46118 586 2 's 's POS 46118 586 3 Heimskringla Heimskringla NNP 46118 586 4 , , , 46118 586 5 or or CC 46118 586 6 the the DT 46118 586 7 Sagas Sagas NNP 46118 586 8 of of IN 46118 586 9 the the DT 46118 586 10 Norse Norse NNP 46118 586 11 Kings Kings NNPS 46118 586 12 . . . 46118 586 13 _ _ NNP 46118 586 14 ( ( -LRB- 46118 586 15 Revised revise VBN 46118 586 16 edition edition NN 46118 586 17 of of IN 46118 586 18 the the DT 46118 586 19 preceding preceding NN 46118 586 20 . . . 46118 586 21 ) ) -RRB- 46118 587 1 London London NNP 46118 587 2 , , , 46118 587 3 1889 1889 CD 46118 587 4 . . . 46118 588 1 W. W. NNP 46118 588 2 MORRIS MORRIS NNP 46118 588 3 and and CC 46118 588 4 E. E. NNP 46118 589 1 MAGNUSSON.--_The MAGNUSSON.--_The NNP 46118 589 2 Heimskringla Heimskringla NNP 46118 589 3 , , , 46118 589 4 or or CC 46118 589 5 the the DT 46118 589 6 Stories Stories NNPS 46118 589 7 of of IN 46118 589 8 the the DT 46118 589 9 Kings king NNS 46118 589 10 of of IN 46118 589 11 Norway Norway NNP 46118 589 12 . . . 46118 589 13 _ _ NNP 46118 589 14 4 4 CD 46118 589 15 vols vol NNS 46118 589 16 . . . 46118 590 1 London London NNP 46118 590 2 , , , 46118 590 3 1893 1893 CD 46118 590 4 - - SYM 46118 590 5 1906 1906 CD 46118 590 6 . . . 46118 591 1 ( ( -LRB- 46118 591 2 Vols Vols NNP 46118 591 3 . . . 46118 592 1 iii.-vi iii.-vi CD 46118 592 2 . . . 46118 593 1 of of IN 46118 593 2 the the DT 46118 593 3 _ _ NNP 46118 593 4 Saga Saga NNP 46118 593 5 Library Library NNP 46118 593 6 _ _ NNP 46118 593 7 . . . 46118 593 8 ) ) -RRB- 46118 594 1 J. J. NNP 46118 595 1 SEPHTON.--_The SEPHTON.--_The NNP 46118 595 2 Saga Saga NNP 46118 595 3 of of IN 46118 595 4 King King NNP 46118 595 5 Olaf Olaf NNP 46118 595 6 Tryggwason Tryggwason NNP 46118 595 7 . . . 46118 595 8 _ _ NNP 46118 595 9 London London NNP 46118 595 10 , , , 46118 595 11 1895 1895 CD 46118 595 12 . . . 46118 596 1 ( ( -LRB- 46118 596 2 Vol Vol NNP 46118 596 3 i. i. NNP 46118 596 4 of of IN 46118 596 5 Nutt Nutt NNP 46118 596 6 's 's POS 46118 596 7 _ _ NNP 46118 596 8 Northern Northern NNP 46118 596 9 Library Library NNP 46118 596 10 _ _ NNP 46118 596 11 . . . 46118 596 12 ) ) -RRB- 46118 597 1 W. W. NNP 46118 597 2 MORRIS MORRIS NNP 46118 597 3 and and CC 46118 597 4 E. E. NNP 46118 598 1 MAGNUSSON.--_The MAGNUSSON.--_The NNP 46118 598 2 Eyrbiggia Eyrbiggia NNP 46118 598 3 Saga Saga NNP 46118 598 4 . . . 46118 598 5 _ _ NNP 46118 598 6 London London NNP 46118 598 7 , , , 46118 598 8 1892 1892 CD 46118 598 9 . . . 46118 599 1 ( ( -LRB- 46118 599 2 Vol Vol NNP 46118 599 3 . . . 46118 600 1 ii ii LS 46118 600 2 . . . 46118 601 1 of of IN 46118 601 2 the the DT 46118 601 3 _ _ NNP 46118 601 4 Saga Saga NNP 46118 601 5 Library Library NNP 46118 601 6 _ _ NNP 46118 601 7 . . . 46118 601 8 ) ) -RRB- 46118 602 1 G. G. NNP 46118 602 2 VIGFUSSON VIGFUSSON NNP 46118 602 3 and and CC 46118 602 4 F. F. NNP 46118 602 5 Y. Y. NNP 46118 603 1 POWELL.--_Origines POWELL.--_Origines NNP 46118 603 2 Islandicæ Islandicæ NNP 46118 603 3 . . . 46118 603 4 _ _ NNP 46118 603 5 2 2 CD 46118 603 6 vols vol NNS 46118 603 7 . . . 46118 604 1 Oxford Oxford NNP 46118 604 2 , , , 46118 604 3 1905 1905 CD 46118 604 4 . . . 46118 605 1 MALLET MALLET NNP 46118 605 2 'S 'S NNP 46118 605 3 _ _ NNP 46118 605 4 Northern Northern NNP 46118 605 5 Antiquities Antiquities NNPS 46118 605 6 _ _ NNP 46118 605 7 . . . 46118 606 1 ( ( -LRB- 46118 606 2 Bohn Bohn NNP 46118 606 3 's 's POS 46118 606 4 Library Library NNP 46118 606 5 . . . 46118 606 6 ) ) -RRB- 46118 607 1 London London NNP 46118 607 2 , , , 46118 607 3 1847 1847 CD 46118 607 4 . . . 46118 608 1 P. P. NNP 46118 608 2 DU DU NNP 46118 608 3 CHAILLU.--_The CHAILLU.--_The NNP 46118 608 4 Viking Viking NNP 46118 608 5 Age Age NNP 46118 608 6 . . . 46118 608 7 _ _ NNP 46118 608 8 2 2 CD 46118 608 9 vols vol NNS 46118 608 10 . . . 46118 609 1 London London NNP 46118 609 2 , , , 46118 609 3 1889 1889 CD 46118 609 4 . . . 46118 610 1 Printed print VBN 46118 610 2 by by IN 46118 610 3 T. t. NN 46118 610 4 and and CC 46118 610 5 A. A. NNP 46118 610 6 CONSTABLE CONSTABLE NNP 46118 610 7 , , , 46118 610 8 Printers Printers NNPS 46118 610 9 to to IN 46118 610 10 His -PRON- PRP$ 46118 610 11 Majesty Majesty NNP 46118 610 12 at at IN 46118 610 13 the the DT 46118 610 14 Edinburgh Edinburgh NNP 46118 610 15 University University NNP 46118 610 16 Press Press NNP 46118 610 17 . . . 46118 611 1 FOOTNOTES FOOTNOTES NNP 46118 611 2 [ [ -LRB- 46118 611 3 1 1 CD 46118 611 4 ] ] -RRB- 46118 611 5 Based base VBN 46118 611 6 upon upon IN 46118 611 7 the the DT 46118 611 8 Latin latin JJ 46118 611 9 discourse discourse NN 46118 611 10 _ _ NNP 46118 611 11 De De NNP 46118 611 12 correctione correctione NNP 46118 611 13 rusticorum rusticorum NNP 46118 611 14 _ _ NNP 46118 611 15 , , , 46118 611 16 by by IN 46118 611 17 Martin Martin NNP 46118 611 18 of of IN 46118 611 19 Bracara Bracara NNP 46118 611 20 , , , 46118 611 21 who who WP 46118 611 22 died die VBD 46118 611 23 in in IN 46118 611 24 580 580 CD 46118 611 25 . . . 46118 612 1 [ [ -LRB- 46118 612 2 2 2 LS 46118 612 3 ] ] -RRB- 46118 612 4 This this DT 46118 612 5 discrepancy discrepancy NN 46118 612 6 between between IN 46118 612 7 the the DT 46118 612 8 Roman roman JJ 46118 612 9 and and CC 46118 612 10 Scandinavian scandinavian JJ 46118 612 11 myths myth NNS 46118 612 12 is be VBZ 46118 612 13 also also RB 46118 612 14 noticed notice VBN 46118 612 15 by by IN 46118 612 16 Saxo Saxo NNP 46118 612 17 Grammaticus Grammaticus NNP 46118 612 18 . . . 46118 613 1 [ [ -LRB- 46118 613 2 3 3 LS 46118 613 3 ] ] -RRB- 46118 613 4 Compare compare VB 46118 613 5 the the DT 46118 613 6 vow vow NN 46118 613 7 of of IN 46118 613 8 Hallfred Hallfred NNP 46118 613 9 and and CC 46118 613 10 his -PRON- PRP$ 46118 613 11 companions companion NNS 46118 613 12 mentioned mention VBN 46118 613 13 on on IN 46118 613 14 p. p. NN 46118 613 15 19 19 CD 46118 613 16 . . . 46118 614 1 [ [ -LRB- 46118 614 2 4 4 CD 46118 614 3 ] ] -RRB- 46118 614 4 In in IN 46118 614 5 the the DT 46118 614 6 ceremony ceremony NN 46118 614 7 of of IN 46118 614 8 entering enter VBG 46118 614 9 into into IN 46118 614 10 ' ' `` 46118 614 11 foster foster NN 46118 614 12 - - HYPH 46118 614 13 brotherhood brotherhood NN 46118 614 14 , , , 46118 614 15 ' ' '' 46118 614 16 each each DT 46118 614 17 person person NN 46118 614 18 swore swear VBD 46118 614 19 to to TO 46118 614 20 avenge avenge VB 46118 614 21 the the DT 46118 614 22 other other JJ 46118 614 23 , , , 46118 614 24 ' ' '' 46118 614 25 and and CC 46118 614 26 named name VBD 46118 614 27 all all PDT 46118 614 28 the the DT 46118 614 29 gods god NNS 46118 614 30 as as IN 46118 614 31 witnesses witness NNS 46118 614 32 . . . 46118 614 33 ' ' '' 46118 615 1 TRANSCRIBER TRANSCRIBER NNP 46118 615 2 'S 'S NNP 46118 615 3 NOTES NOTES NNP 46118 615 4 Page Page NNP 46118 615 5 ii ii NNP 46118 615 6 , , , 46118 615 7 period period NN 46118 615 8 added add VBN 46118 615 9 ( ( -LRB- 46118 615 10 JUDAISM JUDAISM NNP 46118 615 11 . . . 46118 615 12 ) ) -RRB- 46118 616 1 Page page NN 46118 616 2 19 19 CD 46118 616 3 , , , 46118 616 4 " " `` 46118 616 5 Hjalfi Hjalfi NNP 46118 616 6 " " '' 46118 616 7 changed change VBD 46118 616 8 to to IN 46118 616 9 " " `` 46118 616 10 Hjalti Hjalti NNP 46118 616 11 " " '' 46118 616 12 ( ( -LRB- 46118 616 13 verse verse NN 46118 616 14 by by IN 46118 616 15 Hjalti Hjalti NNP 46118 616 16 Skeggjason Skeggjason NNP 46118 616 17 ) ) -RRB- 46118 616 18 Page Page NNP 46118 616 19 65 65 CD 46118 616 20 , , , 46118 616 21 " " `` 46118 616 22 _ _ NNP 46118 616 23 hofgoði hofgoði JJ 46118 616 24 _ _ NNP 46118 616 25 " " `` 46118 616 26 changed change VBN 46118 616 27 to to IN 46118 616 28 " " `` 46118 616 29 _ _ NNP 46118 616 30 hof hof NNP 46118 616 31 - - HYPH 46118 616 32 goði goði NNP 46118 616 33 _ _ NNP 46118 616 34 " " '' 46118 616 35 ( ( -LRB- 46118 616 36 also also RB 46118 616 37 _ _ NNP 46118 616 38 hof hof NNP 46118 616 39 - - HYPH 46118 616 40 goði goði NNP 46118 616 41 _ _ NNP 46118 616 42 ) ) -RRB-