[12] All Norse peasant lads wear a sheathed knife at the side, called a “tolle-knife.”
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.
Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained. For example, book-case, bookcase; hind-legs, hind legs; drift-wood, driftwood; bowlder; despatch; skee; inspiriting.
[Pg 4], “the otto’s name” replaced by “the otter’s name”.
[Pg 51], “tore his watstcoat” replaced by “tore his waistcoat”.
[Pg 82], “gentle plashing” replaced by “gentle splashing”.
[Pg 115], “to find himself himself in” replaced by “to find himself in”.
[Pg 125], “into the the twilight” replaced by “into the twilight”.
[Pg 257], “I onct seed” replaced by “I once seed”.
[Pg 257], “I onct knowed” replaced by “I once knowed”.