Grettir the Outlaw: A Story of Iceland

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THORKELL AND THE OUTLAWED GRETTIR LEAVE THE ASSIZE.
Grettir the Outlaw
A Story of Iceland
S. BARING-GOULD
Author of John Herring Mehalah Iceland: its Scenes and Sagas &c.
WITH SIX PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS BY M. ZENO DIEMER
BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED LONDON GLASGOW AND DUBLIN 1889
PREFACE.
TO MY YOUNG READERS.
It is now just thirty years since I first began to read the Saga of Grettir the Strong in Icelandic. At that time I had only a Danish grammar of Icelandic and an Icelandic-Danish dictionary, and I did not know a word of Danish. So I had to learn Danish in order to learn Icelandic.
It was laborious work making out the Saga, and every line when I began took me some time to understand. Moreover, I had not much time at my disposal, for then I was a master in a school.