Aslak

Re Aslak (#2), who stated: “… of course ideally you would need to know the distribution of hours worked – the top decile works a lot more than the bottom one.”

Matthew Yglesias » Income and Distribution Comparisons 2010

All I know is this: he was kinsman to Death and to Aslak the Smith.

Peer Gynt 2008

Aslak The Smith [to some other young men, passing along the road]

Peer Gynt 2008

Aslak The Smith [to some other young men, passing along the road]

Peer Gynt 2008

He promised he would! — laid it down on his anvil; but Aslak, you know, is so heavy of hand; — for ever swinging that great sledge – hammer —

Peer Gynt 2008

He promised he would! — laid it down on his anvil; but Aslak, you know, is so heavy of hand; — for ever swinging that great sledge – hammer —

Peer Gynt 2008

All I know is this: he was kinsman to Death and to Aslak the Smith.

Peer Gynt 2008

Then Aslak of Longisle pressed them hard and came on board their ship thrice.

The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor Unknown

Then Grim said, "Thou pressest on hard, and 'twere well that thou gettest what thou seekest;" and with that he snatched up a spear and hurled it at him, and hit him under the chin, and Aslak got his death wound there and then.

The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor Unknown

With these words, Aslak, the Lap boy, finished his story.

Further Adventures of Nils 1911