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  2. Destroyer (1943 film) - Wikipedia

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    Finding that one of his former crew is to command the ship he determines to serve on the ship despite having retired from the Navy. He is at first rejected but uses his connections to obtain a post as Bosun. However, Boley alienates the crew, before the ship encounters a Japanese submarine off Alaska. Boley is made Chief Bosun's Mate demoting ...

  3. List of Old Norse exonyms - Wikipedia

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    Many historians assume the terms beorm and bjarm to derive from the Uralic word perm, which refers to "travelling merchants" and represents the Old Permic culture. [4] Bjarneyjar "Bear islands". Possibly Disko Island off Greenland. [5] blakumen or blökumenn Romanians or Cumans. Blokumannaland may be the lands south of the Lower Danube. Bót

  4. Fornjót - Wikipedia

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    The etymology of the Old Norse name Fornjótr remains unclear. [5] [2] It is often interpreted as forn-jótr ('ancient or primordial jötunn'), or as for-njótr ('original owner', or 'destroyer'). [5] [1] Alternative meanings such as Forn-njótr ('one-who-enjoys-sacrifices') or Forn-þjótr ('ancient screamer') have also been proposed. [5] [2]

  5. Destroyer (2018 film) - Wikipedia

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    Destroyer is a 2018 American neo-noir crime drama film directed by Karyn Kusama, written and co-produced by Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi, and starring Nicole Kidman with Toby Kebbell, Tatiana Maslany, Scoot McNairy, Bradley Whitford, and Sebastian Stan. The film follows a former undercover police officer (Kidman), who takes revenge against ...

  6. Lists of films - Wikipedia

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    10.1 Cast or Crew. 10.2 Studio. ... ∮-Old Norse- ∮‎ 0-2 • E-L ... featuring an all-female cast*

  7. List of English words of Old Norse origin - Wikipedia

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    perhaps from Old French bruschet, with identical sense of the English word, or from Old Norse brjosk "gristle, cartilage" (related to brjost "breast") or Danish bryske [37] brunt Likely from Old Norse brundr (="sexual heat") or bruna =("to advance like wildfire") [38] bulk bulki [39] bull boli [40] bump Perhaps from Scandinavian, probably ...

  8. Old Norse - Wikipedia

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    The Proto-Norse language developed into Old Norse by the 8th century, and Old Norse began to develop into the modern North Germanic languages in the mid- to late 14th century, ending the language phase known as Old Norse. These dates, however, are not precise, since written Old Norse is found well into the 15th century.

  9. Surtr - Wikipedia

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    The Giant with the Flaming Sword (1909) by John Charles Dollman. In Norse mythology, Surtr (Old Norse "black" [1] or more narrowly "swart", [2] Surtur in modern Icelandic), also sometimes written Surt in English, [3] is a jötunn; he is the greatest of the fire giants and further serves as the guardian of Muspelheim, which is one of the only two realms to exist before the beginning of time ...