So, amid heavy sobs, the aged lawman-he who was the chief man of the Council-rose up to pronounce the Princess's doom.
"The Scottish Fairy Book"
Elizabeth W. Grierson
"Nature teaches us that it is fitting that each beast hath a tail," he said; "and this Doom, which our lawman is about to pronounce, is in very sooth a venomous beast.
"The Scottish Fairy Book"
Elizabeth W. Grierson
The lawman, Thorkel, was summoned to decide to whom the whale belonged, and came to view it.
"Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race"
Maud Isabel Ebbutt