Excerpt from The Sworn Brothers: A Tale of the Early Days of Iceland N the red light of the fire in the midst of the hall, the I age-browned pillars of the high-seat stood forth strongly lit in the middle of the main wall, against the background of smoky darkness which spread behind. The bright glow threw into relief the carved images of the gods, weird and grotesque shapes which kept chang ing as the fire blazed up or sank in its embers. Upon the broad seat between the pillars of the high seat, with the dragon-ornaments ...
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Excerpt from The Sworn Brothers: A Tale of the Early Days of Iceland N the red light of the fire in the midst of the hall, the I age-browned pillars of the high-seat stood forth strongly lit in the middle of the main wall, against the background of smoky darkness which spread behind. The bright glow threw into relief the carved images of the gods, weird and grotesque shapes which kept chang ing as the fire blazed up or sank in its embers. Upon the broad seat between the pillars of the high seat, with the dragon-ornaments and gaping beast - heads of its back towering above and behind, sat Orn, a broad, grey-haired warrior, leaning forward over the table, his strong, coarse fingers buried in his thick, white beard. Upon the table at his side stood a great carved drinking horn. Om sat in silence. It was seldom that he drank much in the evening. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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