glima

He had not yet entered the word glima into the squares.

Blockade, Lepso Brand, Kurt 1976

He was not aware that an invisible shroud had settled over the door of memory that the word glima had momentarily opened.

Blockade, Lepso Brand, Kurt 1976

They could also promote particular sports by making them demonstration events -- which over the decades meant exposure not just for baseball and taekwondo but also Icelandic glima wrestling (Stockholm, 1912) and Basque pelota, a sport for two players, a ball and a wall (Mexico City, 1968).

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And even as he marked in the word, the name came to him which described the Icelandic wrestling: glima.

Blockade, Lepso Brand, Kurt 1976

He was daydreaming, attempting to visualize Iceland-where there was a traditional form of wrestling known as glima.

Blockade, Lepso Brand, Kurt 1976

I have promised the bailiff that you shall meet him in a _glima_ at the folds in the autumn.

Modern Icelandic Plays Eyvind of the Hills; The Hraun Farm J��hann Sigurj��nsson 1899

You shall see the bailiff himself play at _glima_ with the man he calls thief.

Modern Icelandic Plays Eyvind of the Hills; The Hraun Farm J��hann Sigurj��nsson 1899

Just before you came, the servants were making bets about who was best at _glima_, you or Kari.

Modern Icelandic Plays Eyvind of the Hills; The Hraun Farm J��hann Sigurj��nsson 1899

Well, it may be true that I am pretty strong, but I should like to see the man who could throw you in an honest _glima_.

Modern Icelandic Plays Eyvind of the Hills; The Hraun Farm J��hann Sigurj��nsson 1899