"Ottar" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... people were wont to invoke Freya not only for success in love, prosperity, and increase, but also, at times, for aid and protection. This she vouchsafed to all who served her truly, as appeared in the story of Ottar and Angantyr, two men who, after disputing for some time concerning their rights to a certain piece of property, laid their quarrel before the Thing. That popular assembly decreed that the man who could prove that he had the longest line of noble ancestors should be declared the winner, and ...
— Myths of the Norsemen - From the Eddas and Sagas • H. A. Guerber
... marrow out of a beef shank bone, melt it in a vessel placed over or in boiling water, then strain and scent to liking, with ottar of roses or ...
— Our Deportment - Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society • John H. Young |
