item: #1 of 13
          id: 1152
      author: None
       title: The Story of the Volsungs (Volsunga Saga); with Excerpts from the Poetic Edda
        date: None
       words: 58214
      flesch: 77
     summary: They had ten sons and one daughter, and their eldest son was hight Sigmund, and their daughter Signy; and these two were twins, and in all wise the foremost and the fairest of the children of Volsung the king, and mighty, as all his seed was; even as has been long told from ancient days, and in tales of long ago, with the greatest fame of all men, how that the Volsungs have been great men and high-minded and far above the most of men both in cunning and in prowess and all things high and mighty. And now she holds the funeral feast for her brother by the aid and counsel of the king, and makes ready all things therefor or in the best of wise, and bade thither many great men.
    keywords: atli; brother; brynhild; come; daughter; day; dead; death; father; fell; folk; gold; good; gudrun; gunnar; hall; hand; hast; heart; high; hogni; ill; king; land; lay; life; man; men; naught; sigmund; sigurd; sons; spake; sword; thee; thereof; therewith; things; thou; thy; wise; withal; yea
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        item: #2 of 13
          id: 12747
      author: None
       title: The Story of Grettir the Strong
        date: None
       words: 97615
      flesch: 77
     summary: Said Grettir, Who knows to whom most gain will come of it in the end? Hast thou heart to leave me then, Fair-limbed gladdener of great men? The handmaid shrieked out, but in such wise did they part that she laid no blame on Grettir when all was over.
    keywords: angle; asmund; atli; bade; brother; chap; come; daughter; day; dwelt; earl; fell; folk; good; great; grettir; grim; hand; head; home; house; ill; king; land; lay; life; man; meet; men; mind; north; norway; nought; onund; saw; set; ship; slaying; son; south; sword; thee; things; thorbiorn; thorfinn; thorgeir; thorgils; thorir; thorstein; thou; thought; thy; time; winter; wise; withal; work
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        item: #3 of 13
          id: 14019
      author: None
       title: The Harvard Classics, Volume 49, Epic and Saga With Introductions And Notes
        date: None
       words: 45005
      flesch: 90
     summary: Said Karl, That horn is long of breath. CLXIX See Roland there on his charger swooned, Olivier smitten with his death wound.
    keywords: arms; battle; body; conaire; count; day; death; destruction; emperor; erin; fair; fall; fer; france; franks; ganelon; god; gold; good; hair; hand; hath; head; heathen; high; hostel; house; ingcél; karl; king; long; man; marsil; men; olivier; red; rogain; roland; room; shield; slain; son; sword; thee; thou; thy; tis; unto; white; woe
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        item: #4 of 13
          id: 17803
      author: None
       title: Laxdæla Saga Translated from the Icelandic
        date: None
       words: 75520
      flesch: 87
     summary: Then said Thorstein, It is not the only thing open to view, Lambi, to cut so quickly away from this journey; for in this matter great men are concerned, men of much worth, moreover, who deem that they have long had to put up with an unfair lot in life. In the latter days of Ketill arose the power of King Harald the Fairhaired, in such a way that no folkland king or other great men could thrive in the land unless he alone ruled what title should be theirs.
    keywords: bade; bolli; brothers; daughter; day; father; good; gudrun; halldor; helgi; home; hoskuld; hrut; iceland; journey; king; kjartan; land; man; matter; men; olaf; osvif; ship; sidenote; snorri; son; sons; thord; thorgils; thorkell; thorstein; thought; time; way; winter
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        item: #5 of 13
          id: 17919
      author: None
       title: The story of Burnt Njal: From the Icelandic of the Njals Saga
        date: None
       words: 142821
      flesch: 89
     summary: In the abodes of chiefs and great men, this building had great dimensions, and was then called a skáli, or hall. I will do that, says Njal: never slay more than one man in the same stock, and never break the peace which good men and true make between thee and others, and least of all in such a matter as this.
    keywords: asgrim; asked; atonement; bade; brother; chapter; counsel; court; day; death; earl; east; father; fell; flosi; gizur; good; gunnar; hallgerda; hand; hast; hauskuld; helgi; help; home; house; hrut; iceland; ill; kari; king; law; man; matter; men; mind; money; mord; njal; notice; otkell; ride; right; ship; skarphedinn; slaying; son; sons; suit; tell; thee; thing; thorgeir; thou; thought; thrain; thy; time; way; wilt; witness; words
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        item: #6 of 13
          id: 20853
      author: Holbrook, Florence
       title: Northland Heroes
        date: None
       words: 19714
      flesch: 93
     summary: Then Frithiof kissed the youthful monarch on the brow in farewell, and, turning from the assembly, he silently and slowly passed from view. Frithiof at his Father's Grave From the home of King Ring Frithiof fared to seek his father's grave in his own loved land. Great men and proud you seem, and methinks you plan great deeds.
    keywords: balder; beowulf; brave; father; frithiof; good; hall; helge; hrothgar; ingeborg; king; king ring; man; men; ring; sea; sword; warriors
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        item: #7 of 13
          id: 22093
      author: Snorri Sturluson
       title: The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade)
        date: None
       words: 70908
      flesch: 76
     summary: Fin was married with Bergliot, the daughter of Halfdan the son of Sigurd Sow, & Halfdan was the brother of King Olaf and King Harald. On his mother's side was he the nephew of King Olaf and King Harald, able was he withal & early come to manhood.
    keywords: bade; battle; brother king; daughter; day; denmark; earl; earl eirik; earl hakon; father king; folk; good; great; hand; host; king burizlaf; king edward; king hakon; king harald; king magnus; king olaf; king svein; king tryggvi; land; lay; line; man; matter; men; north; norway; page; queen; saith; sea; serpent; set; ships; son; south; summer; thee; thing; thither; thou; time; town; war; winter
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        item: #8 of 13
          id: 32443
      author: Dahn, Felix
       title: Saga of Halfred the Sigskald: A Northern Tale of the Tenth Century
        date: None
       words: 26108
      flesch: 86
     summary: And then began that catastrophe which was to overwhelm Halfred and his house, and the men of Tiunderland, and all the guests, and many other men and women, altogether strange and far away, who had never even seen or heard of Halfred and Harthild, in blood and fire. And thus musing he fell asleep; for it was many many nights since he had slept.
    keywords: blood; chapter; eyes; father; gods; halfred; hall; hammer; hand; harp; harthild; hartvik; head; king; man; men; night; sea; ship; singing; swan; thee; thou; thy
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        item: #9 of 13
          id: 33471
      author: Chadwick, Nora K. (Nora Kershaw)
       title: Stories and Ballads of the Far Past Translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese) with Introductions and Notes
        date: None
       words: 68269
      flesch: 86
     summary: _H_ comes to an end with Gestumblindi's second riddle, while _R_ breaks off just before the close of ch. 12. Ásmundarson's version has been followed closely in the translation given below, but one or two interesting passages omitted by _H_ have been translated separately (see Appendix on pp.
    keywords: angantyr; arngrim; ballad; battle; brother; century; danish; daughter; day; death; earl; faroese; father; fight; footnote; form; gestumblindi; gold; good; guest; hall; hand; hervör; hethin; hjalmar; home; hromund; högni; king; king harold; king heithrek; land; life; man; men; olaf; othin; people; place; poem; riddle; saga; sigurth; sons; stories; story; str; sweden; sword; text; thee; thou; time; version; vol
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        item: #10 of 13
          id: 347
      author: Unknown
       title: The Saga of Grettir the Strong: Grettir's Saga
        date: None
       words: 71358
      flesch: 89
     summary: This annoyed Thorfinn, but he did not like to refuse Grettir his hospitality; he was a man who kept open house, enjoyed life and liked to see other men happy. Thorfinn cast a severe glance at him and asked what he had found so pressing to do that he could not keep proper hours like other men.
    keywords: angle; asmund; atli; brother; chapter; day; death; father; good; grettir; grim; head; home; house; jarl; king; man; men; money; north; onund; place; property; ship; son; south; summer; sword; thing; thorbjorn; thorfinn; thorgeir; thorir; thorsteinn; thought; time; way; winter
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        item: #11 of 13
          id: 45107
      author: Hewlett, Maurice
       title: Frey and His Wife
        date: None
       words: 32010
      flesch: 95
     summary: Said Halward, You talk over-big, Wigfus, and Wigfus said, I come of a strong stock. I know that you do, said Halward; I know that the Icelanders are good men. While he was looking at Frey Sigrid came in.
    keywords: cloak; eyes; frey; glum; good; gunnar; halward; head; king; man; men; ogmund; olaf; sigrid; sigurd; tell; thought; time; wagon; way
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        item: #12 of 13
          id: 598
      author: Snorri Sturluson
       title: Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway
        date: None
       words: 310574
      flesch: 81
     summary: That they paid once I know is true; Remit, great king, what scarce is due. Great king!
    keywords: a.d; army; battle king; bondes; brother king; country; country people; danish; daughter; day; day king; death; denmark; earl; earl eirik; earl hakon; earl sigurd; earl svein; east; einar; erling; father king; fell; fleet; force; friends; gold; good; great; hand; head; high; home; house; king arnvid; king athelstan; king audbjorn; king baldwin; king bjorn; king burizleif; king canute; king edward; king eirik; king ethelred; king eystein; king gamle; king gandalf; king gudrod; king hakon; king halfdan; king harald; king hrorek; king inge; king jarisleif; king magnus; king margad; king myrkjartan; king olaf; king onund; king rettibur; king sigurd; king svein; king trygve; king valdemar; kingdom; kings; land; law king; lay; left; life; long; man; meantime king; men; message; night; north; norway king; people; place; power; relation king; replies; sea; set; ships; ships king; son; son king; sons; south; spring king; stood; summer king; swedish; sword; thee; thing; thorer; thou; thought; throndhjem; throndhjem king; throndhjem people; thy; time king; town; viken; winter king; years king
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        item: #13 of 13
          id: 8518
      author: Tegnér, Esaias
       title: Fritiofs Saga
        date: None
       words: 48704
      flesch: 89
     summary: Där flyga lockar bruna, där stråla ögon blå, och som en Dock, när han bjöds av värden till sängs, då log han och sade: 150 Vinden är god, och mitt skepp, som du sett, är ej att förakta; hundrade mil, det hoppas jag visst, jag seglar i afton.
    keywords: -ade; -an; -ar; -at; -de; -eln; -en; -et; -lar; -nen; -or; -ret; -te; ack; aldrig; alla; allt; alltjämt; andra; att; balder; barm; beles; bild; björn; blev; blir; blod; blott; blå; bort; brud; bröst; canto; dag; dagen; day; death; dem; den; dess; det; det var; det är; dig; din; dina; ditt; dock; dotter; drottning; du ej; där; död; earth; ej den; ej på; eller; emot; ensam; ett; fader; farväl; fast; fire; fram; frej; fritiof; från; för; förr; gamle; ger; gick; glad; gods; gold; gröna; gudar; guld; gyllne; gång; går; hade; han; han ej; han är; hand; hans; har; havet; helge; hem; hennes; heroic; hjärta; hon; honom; hos; hur; här; höga; högt; hör; icke; ingeborg; ingen; jag; jag är; jorden; kan; klinga; kom; kommer; kring; kung; kungen; kärlek; land; life; ligger; light; liv; livet; lycka; länge; låt; man; med; men; mig; min; mitt; mot; män; natt; ned; nej; nord; north; note; när; och; och av; och det; och då; och en; och fritiof; och han; och med; och på; och som; oden; opp; ord; oss; people; place; på den; på sin; royal; sade; saga; sal; satt; sea; seat; sen; ser; sig; silver; sin; sinne; sitter; själv; sjön; skall; skulle; sköld; skön; slut; solen; som; som en; som han; som jag; son; song; sorg; stanza; steg; stod; stranden; står; svärd; swedish; såg; söner; talte; tar; tegnér; temple; till; time; tog; tor; torsten; två; uppå; utav; uti; vad; valhall; var; var ej; vart; vet; vid; viking; vill; vill jag; väl; våg; vågen; vår; ännu; är ej; är min; ära; åter; över
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