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  • "'Attár," perfume-seller and druggist; the word is connected with our "Ottar" ( 'Atr).

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • Can Solveig persuade Red Ottar the grumpy merchant to give her passage on his ship?

    Bracelet of Bones by Kevin Crossley-Holland – review 2011

  • But Sigrid at once explained how she had happened to be carried away, and not only brought Ottar back into the king's favour, but also induced her father himself to marry Ottar's sister.

    The Danish History, Books I-IX Grammaticus Saxo

  • The mother of Ottar saw that this woman, though bestained and faded, and covered with a meagre cloak, was the scion of some noble stock; and took her, and with honourable courtesy kept her by her side in a distinguished seat.

    The Danish History, Books I-IX Grammaticus Saxo

  • Siwald afterwards seized Ottar, and thought that he ought to be hanged for defiling his daughter.

    The Danish History, Books I-IX Grammaticus Saxo

  • Ottar found that even by the merits of his double service he could not stir the maiden's gaze towards him, he went back to the fleet, wearied out with shame and chagrin.

    The Danish History, Books I-IX Grammaticus Saxo

  • When Ottar heard of this, he ransacked the recesses of the mountain in search of the maiden, found her, slew the giant, and bore her off.

    The Danish History, Books I-IX Grammaticus Saxo

  • Then one Ottar, the son of Ebb, kindled with confidence in the greatness either of his own achievements, or of his courtesy and eloquent address, stubbornly and ardently desired to woo the maiden.

    The Danish History, Books I-IX Grammaticus Saxo

  • Ottar saw her, and asked why she hid her face in her robe.

    The Danish History, Books I-IX Grammaticus Saxo

  • Then Ottar, whether seized with weariness at the prolonged battle, or with desire of glory, broke, despising death, through the thickest of the foe, cut down Ragnald among the bravest of his soldiers, and won the Danes a sudden victory.

    The Danish History, Books I-IX Grammaticus Saxo

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