He wore no hat, and as she looked upon him,with his yellow hair, his length of limb, and his massive shoulders, he might have been some fierce Viking, and she, his captive, taken by strength of armborne away by force.

" The first of the great scourges of Erin was the coming of the Danes, the bloodthirsty and conquest-loving Vikings of the North, the worshipers of Thor and Odin, the gods of thunder and of strife.

They have all felt the same admiration for the dauntless old viking, who, even amid the pangs of death, gloried in his past achievements, and looked ardently forward to his sojourn in Valhalla.

The Norsementhe hardy vikings of Norway, Sweden, and Denmarkhad become a nation of pirates.

In vain;there is not a magistrate within ten miles; and custom, Lynch-law, and the coast-guard lieutenant, settle all matters in Aberalva town, and do so easily enough; for the petty crimes which fill our gaols are all unknown among those honest Vikings' sons; and any man who covets his neighbour's goods, instead of stealing them has only to go and borrow them, on condition, of course, of lending in his turn.

Halfdene is the nearest viking who might be called to the rescue, and he, in Northumbria, is far too distant.

The Norsementhe hardy vikings of Norway, Sweden, and Denmarkhad become a nation of pirates.

You look like an angry viking.

'Blush not, ye pale ones, The sea's a valiant viking; 'Tis hard indeed to fight Against the rough sea waves.