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Malone compares the word ongen(d) with name of the Swedish king Ongentheow He connects ongen to ing and ang that may be in grade relation, which would be the simplest way of explaining the form Ingentheow in Widsith for the name Ongentheow. The words relate to "spear", "sting" and "prick" and thus to phallus, and the god Ing (Freyr) was a ...
This is a list of guilds in the United Kingdom. It includes guilds of merchants and other trades, both those relating to specific trades, and the general guilds merchant in Glasgow and Preston. No religious guilds survive, and the guilds of freemen in some towns and cities are not listed. Almost all guilds were founded by the end of the 17th ...
A.D.—Anno Domini. ađ—aliud. addʒ—adderet. adħ—adhuc. A.D.I. or A.D.J.—Anno Dominicæ Incarnationis. AD·N·—adiutor numerorum. adń—ad nomen. adnˡ'ʒ—adnihilet. ad°—(ex) adverso or aliquod. adq—adque, atque. a·d·r·—anno dominicæ resurrectionis. adˢ—adversus. adʒ—adest. ad=t—adesset. A·E·C·E·U—At ego ...
Le Morte d'Arthur, The Once and Future King: Son of King Lot and Morgause, brother to Gawain, Agravaine, and Gareth, and half-brother to Mordred Galahad† Lancelot-Grail, early 13th century Lancelot-Grail, Post-Vulgate Cycle, Le Morte d'Arthur, The Once and Future King: Illegitimate son of Sir Lancelot and Elaine of Corbenic Galehault†
The following is a list of Scottish clans (with and without chiefs) – including, when known, their heraldic crest badges, tartans, mottoes, and other information. The crest badges used by members of Scottish clans are based upon armorial bearings recorded by the Lord Lyon King of Arms in the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland .
The Knighten Guilde or Cnichtengild, which translates into modern English as the Knight's Guild, was an obscure Medieval guild of the City of London.According to A Survey of London by John Stow (1603), it was in origin an order of chivalry founded by the Saxon king Edgar for loyal knights.
The Hanseatic League [a] was a medieval commercial and defensive network of merchant guilds and market towns in Central and Northern Europe. Growing from a few North German towns in the late 12th century, the League expanded between the 13th and 15th centuries and ultimately encompassed nearly 200 settlements across eight modern-day countries, ranging from Estonia in the north and east, to the ...
This is a list of English words inherited and derived directly from the Old English stage of the language. This list also includes neologisms formed from Old English roots and/or particles in later forms of English, and words borrowed into other languages (e.g. French, Anglo-French, etc.) then borrowed back into English (e.g. bateau, chiffon, gourmet, nordic, etc.).