Saturday 25 June 2016

Yule Eve In Leidhra

Poul Anderson, Hrolf Kraki's Saga (New York, 1973), p. 187.

ox
boar
deer
sheep
swan
grouse
partridge
whale
seal
tunny
flounder
cod
oyster
lobster
bread
butter
cheese
sausage
leeks
apples
honey
nuts
much else

beer
ale
mead
wine

An even longer list than usual and worth recording.

1 comment:

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

As the dying Thorin Oakenshield said to Bilbo Baggins in Chapter XVIII of THE HOBBIT: "If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world." I'm also reminded of Nicholas van Rijn's pithy aphorisms!

Sean