Sailing around Kahuku, the ship entered Waimea Bay (adjoining Waialua,) Clerke remarked, “I stood into a Bay to the (Westward) of this point the Eastern Shore of which was far the most beautifull Country we have yet seen among these Isles, here was a fine expanse of Low Land bounteous...
Rudolf Simek studied Old Norse ship names from the Viking Age (793–1066) to the end of the fourteenth century.10He noted that in the beginning ships tended to be named after animals, but from the twelfth century onwards names of saints were generally used. This was done to place the shi...
An old Anglo Saxon coin both of gold and silver, and of variously estimated values. The silver mancus was equal to about one shilling of modern English money. mand noun (n.) A demand. mandamus noun (n.) A writ issued by a superior court and directed to some inferior tribunal, or to...
One who has served in an army in several campaigns; an old soldier; a veteran. cautioner noun (n.) One who cautions or advises. noun (n.) A surety or sponsor. centner noun (n.) A weight divisible first into a hundred parts, and then into smaller parts. noun (n.) The commercial...
About #1 Thomas Hill -- do you know the names of any of his other family members, such as siblings or parents? There were some Norwegians in the Story County and north central Iowa area who took the surname Hill - and some of those were also from the Ølen (old Fjelberg) area. ...
He,insteadofHe,insteadof thePope,wasthePope,was headoftheheadofthe ChurchinChurchin EnglandEngland theOld Testament and theNew Testament GenesisGenesis CatholicismCatholicism vs.vs. ProtestantismProtestantism •Varioussects inChristianity ProtestantProtestant--CatholicCatholic ...
The Death of Odysseus During Odysseus's visit to the underworld, the prophet Tiresias spoke of the hero's death. He said that his death would come from the sea when he was old and living in prosperity. According to some legends, Odysseus died at the hands of Telegonus, the son of ...
Elli – Goddess and personification of old age Eydis – Goddess of luck Gerth – Goddess of fertility Hlín – Goddess of protection and fortification; pronounced as “hee-leen” Kára – One of the Valkyries (women who guide souls of the worthy toOdin’s Hall of the Slain Warriors) ...
A passage by a sailing vessel; a journey or excursion upon the water. noun (n.) To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled on a body of water by the action of steam or other power. noun (n.) To move through or on ...
Alt. of Babion babion noun (n.) A baboon. baboon noun (n.) One of the Old World Quadrumana, of the genera Cynocephalus and Papio; the dog-faced ape. Baboons have dog-like muzzles and large canine teeth, cheek pouches, a short tail, and naked callosities on the buttocks. They ...