“The bull ran past the youth, and he seized the beast’s flank with his hand. He thus pulled off the skin along with as much flesh as he could grasp. Then Vladimir remarked, “You are well qualified to do combat with the champion.”” […]
“Yet all at once there was a mighty flame, caused by so many birds carrying fire with them and spreading it widely among the house roofs.” […]
“He fell in front of the feet of the king’s horse, and the wind blew his habit right over his neck, so that he was entirely exposed to the unwilling eyes of the lord king.” […]
“They appointed a day for meeting once in every year, so that when they should return to the same place on that day in the following year each mother might give over to the father whatever male child she had borne, but should herself keep and train for warfare whatever children of the female sex were born.” […]
“His vesture was changed into hair, his limbs became crooked; a wolf.” […]
“Therefore the women join the chase with the same swiftness as the men, perhaps even greater.” […]
“After he had slain an enemy, [he] put his lips to his throat, and sucked his blood.” […]
“Yet he had often held her tight
And naked in his arms at night,
And it only increased her ardor
To feel his parsnip growing harder” […]
“An exceedingly strong drink had been prepared.” […]
“Biarki flung the bone back at the sender, twisting the front of the fellow’s head towards the back and vice versa, so that he punished his crooked nature by giving him distorted features.” […]
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