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w ork o f D anish literatu re will, w hen finished, tu rn
out a "ru d is indigestaq ue m oles.”
Molbech’s
D ictionary is at p resent the only D iction ary of
D anish for the D a n e s , and he quotes the "V id en
sk abern es S elskabs O rdbog” (the D iet, o f the R oy.
Soc.) not, as it w ould seem , by w ay o f establishing
w h a t is rig h t, b u t ra th e r by w ay o f shew ing the
e rro rs into w hich th ey m ay be led w h o , as a
co rporation, deal w ith literatu re and lexicography.
T h is Society has, since its estab lishm en t, been
liberally su pported by the D an ish S o v e re ig n s, and,
no t the least, by the father of the reigning M onarch.
Det Kongelige nordiske Oldskriftselskab,
or,
The Royal Antiquarian Society
, founded by
the p resen t S e c re ta ry , E ta tsraa d
R a fn
, in 1825,
h a s for its object the sp read o f the know ledge of
N orth ern and Icelandic A rchaeology by the p u b
lication of Icelandic S agas in the original te x t, and
w ith g lo ssa rie s, com m en taries, D an ish translations
&c., as well as by such essays as throw a light
up o n N orthern ancient histo ry and custom s.
A lm ost all the reigning sovereigns of#the globe,
and a v a st num ber o f distinguished individuals o f
every country, are m em bers o f this Society.
Den dansk-historiske Forening
,
o r ,
The
Society
for the prom ulgation
o f Danish History,