All the kinsmen of Raven thought it great scathe when he went away, but he said he had challenged Gunnlaug to the holmgang because he could have no joy soever of Helga; and he said, withal, that one must fall before the other.
Now this spring Raven came from the east to Thrandheim, and fitted out his ship, and sailed in the summer to Iceland.
When they had been there a little while, one morning early before they rose up, Helga was awake, but Raven slept, and fared ill in his sleep.
Now," said Gunnlaug, "I call Raven overcome, as he is weaponless.
And this was the last holmgang fought in Iceland, this, wherein Gunnlaug and Raven fought.
Their sons were Raven, and Thorarin, and Eindridi; they were all hopeful men, but Raven was in all wise the first of them.
Raven answered, "Let us not talk longer on this; matters will be taken up again, though it be later.
Raven said he was very sorry for the accident, but after he had taken all the thorns from Sea-gull's feet he went home laughing to himself and well pleased because of the success of his trick.
So the messengers went back toRaven and spoke as they had been commanded.
And Raven said, "It is so dark I cannot see to pull these thorns from your feet.
And he sent Raventwo small stones which the messengers taught Raven how to use.
And Raven said, "Only one thing can pay for the child, and that is Fire.
Then Raven asked Mole to try, but Mole said, "Oh no, I am better fitted for other work.
Raven took good care that he would not go himself, for he was a great coward.
Raven chuckled to himself, and he moved away, pretending to go to the beach to draw up the canoes.
But again Raven said, "No, your gifts are valueless, compared with my trouble and expense.
And to this day the feathers of the raven are black, and he is a bird of ill-omen upon the earth because of his encounter with the Great Chieftain long ago.
And Raven said, "How do I know he is your Chief's child?
But Raven could not see very well, for the light was too bright and his eyes were not accustomed to it.
So Raven made up his mind that he would have to get some daylight from Sea-gull by stealth.
The raven was the standard of the Scandinavian vikingrs, as the eagle was of the Ancient Romans, and is of the French of the present day.
Indeed, reference is made to the raven as a war emblem in the fragment of heroic Anglo-Saxon poetry, containing part of a description of the battle at Finnesburg, which was found on the cover of a MS.
And then he came forth, the strange beautiful thing, With speed that could lead a wild eagle on wing; And raven had never spread plume on the air Whose lustrous darkness with his might compare.
In the Greek version of the myth, the raven represents the dark cloud.
Lady Macbeth, in the fulness of her murderous impulse, exclaims:-- The raven himself is hoarse That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my battlement.
He then sent forth a raven and a dove, and the latter, not finding a resting-place, returned to him, to be sent forth again at the end of another week.
Grantie, you are a mixture between a raven and a ferret and a gadfly--a marvellous hybrid, as yet unknown to books on natural history.
But as far as she herself went (leaving the consideration of the big affairs outside) she imaged herself as a raven croaking on a decayed bough.
We are all in cages, at least I am, and you are a raven in a cage.
Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter, In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore.
The following incident, given to me by a really intelligent man, illustrates the feeling: "'One day our family were much annoyed by the continual croaking of a raven over the house.
The boding raven on her cottage sat, And with hoarse croakings warned us of our fate.
Tis not for nought that the raven sings now on my left and, croaking, has once scraped the earth with his feet," wrote Plautus.
It comes o'er my memory As doth theraven o'er the infected house, Boding to all.
Other references to the same bird are as follows: "The raven himself is hoarse That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my battlements.
West of England, "it is believed that the croaking of a raven over the house bodes evil to some of the family.
The two poems which follow "The Raven Days" have not | | been included in earlier editions.
Dear heads, still dark with raven hair; Dear hearts, still white in spite of care; Dear eyes, still black and bright and fair As any eyes to mortals given!
O Raven days, darkRaven days of sorrow, Will ever any warm light come again?
Nay, not with me, save thou subscribe and swear `Religion hath black eyes and raven hair:' Nought else is true.
Afterwards we went to meet our old friends, the Tayleurs of Buntingsdale, at the quaint old Raven Inn at Shrewsbury, and thence proceeded to Llangollen and Valle Crucis.
You will then transfix it upon a long pole, and if Satan will have my soul, he will come in the likeness of a black raven and carry it off; and if my soul will be saved it will be carried off by a white dove.
Having exhibited his heart in the manner directed, a large black raven was observed to come from the east with great fleetness, while a white dove came from the west with equal velocity.
A raven croaked a welcome to the strangers, or it may be a warning, and followed them several days.
As they entered a raven flew croaking away; he had already made his home there.
Sir Hokus vanished, and a great raven flopped down in the center of the road.
The ravenwas making awkward attempts to fly and cawing "Go to, now!
It sometimes happens that the flaxen hair of a Gipsy child will change into raven black before he reaches manhood.
The Gipsies may be compared to theraven of the rock, as a complete emblem of their disposition.
The Prince lifted the raven off the thorn and the raven, before it flew away, gave the Prince one of its feathers saying: "If ever you need me, rub this feather.
The third day he met a raven that had fallen on a thorn and was pinned to the ground.
The Thlinkeets think that their Shamans can metamorphose themselves into animals at pleasure; and a very old raven was pointed out to Mr. C.
After giving other North American variants, and comparing the animals that, after three attempts, fish up earth to the dove and raven of Noah, M.
Again he called--louder still, but only the cry of the night-raven and the screech of an owl gave reply.
The maidens, too, well versed in all the art and coquetry of the forest, their long raven tresses decked with flowers, their dark eyes beaming with love, welcomed home their sweethearts with unfeigned joy.
The angel of theraven wing His sable plume waves there, And writhing on his silken couch, Lies stretch'd the only heir.
Within a green and fragrant bower, Sat a young, dark eyed girl; And midst her glossy raven hair, Shone many a costly pearl.
Her raven hair was parted smooth Upon her forehead high; And though her face was pale with care, Yet mildly beamed her eye.
Gold glitters on the pallid brow, And glassy eye-balls stare Through glossy ringlets, clustering bright, Of silken, raven hair.
Here, in Hare Lane, is also a similar inn, the Old Raven Tavern, which has suffered much in the course of ages.
There is no wall on the west, and Canon Raven used to contend that one existed there but has been destroyed.
She hid her face on Ilbrahim's head, and her long raven hair, discolored with the ashes of her mourning, fell down about him like a veil.
A shapeless robe of sackcloth was girded about her waist with a knotted cord; her ravenhair fell down upon her shoulders, and its blackness was defiled by pale streaks of ashes, which she had strewn upon her head.
Whir-r-r" went the two black wings, and then it seemed as if the Raven melted into the night.
It was the Raven flying out of the oak-tree into the west.
One day I sing of the raven curls, The next of the ringlets fair.
Raven hair or hair of gold, Devil a bit does it matter I say!
Madly then he loved the woman; Then she ruled him, then she held him Tangled in her raven tresses, Tied and tangled in her tresses.
All in vain her fond caresses On the Panther now she lavished; When she smiled his face was sullen, When she laughed he frowned upon her; In her net of raven tresses Now no more she held him tangled.
Then in secret to the Panther Raventold his tale of wonder.
From afar where sky and waters Meet in misty haze and mingle, Straight toward the rocky highland, Straight as flies die feathered arrow, Straight to Raven and the infant Swiftly flew a snow white sea-gull.
With a slender hair she led him, With a slender hair he drew him, Drew him often to her wigwam; There she bound him, there she held him Tangled in her raven tresses, Tied and tangled in her tresses.
Sad she seems, her tresses raven on her tawny shoulders rest; Sorrow on her brow is graven, in her arms a babe is pressed.
Wakâwa marked, and the lilies fair On her round cheeks spread to her raven hair.
Illustration] The ravenhas a strong memory, great prudence, and some capacity for reasoning.
THE raven is a sly bird, and has not many friends.
And all the while the voice kept calling, hullooing like a spirit in a tomb, only fainter and fainter--a kind of unearthly screech like a raven dooming a Christian across a churchyard.
How handsome he is, the cock blackbird, with his plumage of raven hue, and his golden dagger of a beak.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "raven" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
