Jotun,Jotunn- (Norse mythology) one of a race of giants often in conflict with the Aesir Loki- (Norse mythology) trickster; god of discord and mischief; contrived death of Balder and was overcome by Thor Mimir- (Norse mythology) giant who lives in the roots of Yggdrasil and guards the we...
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Twitter Google Share on Facebook old person Thesaurus ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: Switch tonew thesaurus nounsenior citizen,retired person,old age pensioner,elder,pensioner(slang),coffin-dodger(slang),elderly person,O.A.P.(Brit.)another old person who has frozen to death in an un...
Umar Khan, a sixty five year old person at Faizabad, talking to reporter said, 'I spent the whole life in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, but after death of my young son due drug addiction I came to Rawalpindi to see my married daughter. Lack of old-age homes a major issue for senior cit...
Prospective memoryCultural memoryOld Norse literatureIcelandic folkloreCognitive psychologyDeath and dyingThis article borrows from the field of cognitive psychology to add nuance to Jan Assmann's notion of a prospective cultural memory of death. Whereas Assmann's view accounts primarily for those......
The worddie, as in “to cease to live,” is from the Old Norsedeyja, meaning “die.” Yes, Old Norse is a part of the very life—and death, apparently—of English. PreviousNext bag A classic everyday word that comes from Old Norse isbag, in the sense of “pouch.”Bagcomes from...
1.husband Comes from two Old Norse words (the language spoken by the Vikings) that mean “house” and “owner”. The word originally had nothing to do with marriage, except for the fact that home ownership made these men extremely desirable marriage partners.2.cab From “cabrioler”,a ...
Etymology: Old Englishw(e)orold,fromwerman +aldage, life; related to Old Frisianwarld, wrald,Old Norseverold,Old High Germanwealt(GermanWelt) Forum discussions with the word(s) "the Old World" in the title: as old 30 as the world itself ...
770 The lands of the Bretonni are divided into 16 areas, which form the basis for the later Dukedoms. [130] 876 Norse raiders capture an Empire ship with the vampire Luthor Harkon on board. Harkon kills everyone, creating a fleet of zombie pirates on Lustria's Vampire Coast. Ove...
In Old Norse, the possessive is indicated by a change in the ending of the word. Without teaching an entire course on Old Norse here, I will provide below some basic rules controlling the formation of Old Norse possessives for use in patronymics and matronymics, from Geirr bassi Harald...