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  2. Almanzo Wilder - Wikipedia

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    The Wilder family left Burke in 1870 due to crop failures. Moving west, they settled in Spring Valley, Minnesota, where they established a farm.In 1879, Wilder, his older brother Royal, and older sister Eliza Jane moved to the Dakota Territory, taking claims near what would later become the town of De Smet, South Dakota.

  3. List of kennings - Wikipedia

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    A kenning (Old English kenning [cʰɛnːiŋɡ], Modern Icelandic [cʰɛnːiŋk]) is a circumlocution, an ambiguous or roundabout figure of speech, used instead of an ordinary noun in Old Norse, Old English, and later Icelandic poetry.

  4. Other Words for Home - Wikipedia

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    Other Words for Home is a 2019 free verse children's book by Jasmine Warga. The story is about a family of Syrian refugees with Jude, a 12-year-old girl, as protagonist. [ 1 ] The book won a 2020 Newbery Honor .

  5. Category:Wilder family - Wikipedia

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    See also: Category: Ingalls family. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. W. Laura Ingalls Wilder (1 C, 8 P) Pages in category "Wilder family"

  6. List of magical weapons - Wikipedia

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    Galatine – Gawain's sword granted by the lady of the lake said to make the wielder invincible under the sunlight. Pridwen (also Wynebgwrthucher) – The shield of King Arthur. Shares its name with the boat he sailed on to reach Avalon. Rhongomiant – King Arthur's Spear. The Sword with the Red Hilt - used by Sir Balin, Sir Galahad, and Sir ...

  7. Wilder (name) - Wikipedia

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    Wilder D. Baker (1890–1975), United States Navy admiral; Wilder Dwight Bancroft (1867–1953), American chemist; Wilder Calderón (born 1947), Peruvian politician; Wilder Cartagena (born 1994), Peruvian footballer

  8. Crossguard - Wikipedia

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    The crossguard was developed in the European sword around the 10th century for the protection of the wielder's hand. The earliest forms were the crossguard variant of the Spatha used by the Huns, the so-called Pontic swords. [citation needed] There are many examples of crossguards on Sasanian Persian Swords beginning from the early 3rd century ...

  9. Tirel - Wikipedia

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    Tirel (pronounced) is a French surname [1] [2] [3] which may have either been a nickname for a stubborn person (Old French: tirel, for a draught animal, from French tirer "to pull") or alternatively be a surname of baptismal origin from the personal name Thorvald (composite of Old Norse Þórr "Thor" and valdr "wielder", "ruler").