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INTRODUCTION. 
vorar skullder, so em vier fyrerlautum vorum skulldunau- 
tum. Og inleid oss ecki i freistne. Helldr frelsa thu oss af 
illu, thuiat thitt er riikit, maatur og dyrd um allder allda. 
Amen. 
ICELANDIC LORD’S PRAYER IN 1746. 
Fader vor thu sem ert a himnum. Helgesst thitt nafn. 
Tilkomme thitt rike. Verde thin vilie, so a jordu sem a 
himne. Gief thu oss i dag vort daglegt braud. Og fyrer- 
gief oss vorar skullder, so sem vier fyrer-giefum vorum 
skulldnautum. Og innleid oss ecke i freistne Helldur 
frelsa thu oss fra illu 5 thuiad thitt er riiked og maattur og 
dyrd um allder allda. Amen. 
The art of writing except in the Runic cha¬ 
racter, was not known among them till the year 
1000, about which time Isleif founded a school 
at Skalholt, and soon after four others, where the 
Roman characters were introduced, and the youth 
instructed in the Latin tongue, divinity, and 
parts of theoretic philosophy. During this pe¬ 
riod some of the learned men studied at foreign 
universities, but many received their education en¬ 
tirely in their own country, and among these are to 
be noticed the two most famous of their histo¬ 
rians, Are Frode and Snorro Sturleson. Iceland 
was now in the zenith of her literary glory, and 
from the introduction of the Christian religion till 
the year 1264, when the whole island became 
* Von Troit 
