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  • faedreland: (Danish) Fatherland → Ireland, whose five fifths (the five provinces of the early Christian period) are enumerated in the following five phrases
  • fred: (Norwegian) peace
  • freed land
  • eland: (Dutch) elk
  • eland: the largest extant species antelope, standing five feet at the shoulder. It is found in southern Africa (Taurotragus oryx) and eastern Africa (T. derbianus) → cf. other species of hoofed ruminants in this passage: Pricket, Elk, Dik Dik, Hind
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