Note 161 — Chapter XIV · THREE DAYS AT THE SOLFATARA OF MÝ-VATN.
Reading edition
Pronounce but do not indite “Krabla”—there is no such written word as Krabla. The Dictionary gives “að krafla,” to paw or “scrabble;” it also means to scratch, and perhaps the obtuse agricultural mind has connected this pastime with the evil for which sulphur is a panacea.