The dog's laboured breathing and glazing eye showed that it was not far from its end. Indeed, its snow-white muzzle proclaimed that it had already exceeded the usual term of canine existence.
Tungi andadrátturin og brostnu eyguni á hundinum vístu, at hann var deyðanum nær. Sanniliga, snjóhvíti múlin boðaði frá, at hann longu var farin út um vanligu fatanina um eitt hundalív.