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* '''Howe:''' site of Norse Thingmote (parliament) in Dublin | * '''Howe:''' site of Norse Thingmote (parliament) in Dublin | ||
| − | * '''howe:''' (1) a hill (2) a tumulus, barrow → from the Old Norse ''haug-r'', as the Scandinavian kings (the ''shipmen'') of Dublin were buried on the site | + | * '''howe:''' (1) a hill (2) a tumulus, barrow → from the Old Norse ''haug-r'' (''mounds''), as the Scandinavian kings (the ''shipmen'') of Dublin were buried on the site |
* '''howe!:''' (''interjection'') (1) a sailors’ cry when heaving the anchor up (2) a cry of pain or grief | * '''howe!:''' (''interjection'') (1) a sailors’ cry when heaving the anchor up (2) a cry of pain or grief | ||
Revision as of 11:31, 27 November 2010
- Howe: site of Norse Thingmote (parliament) in Dublin
- howe: (1) a hill (2) a tumulus, barrow → from the Old Norse haug-r (mounds), as the Scandinavian kings (the shipmen) of Dublin were buried on the site
- howe!: (interjection) (1) a sailors’ cry when heaving the anchor up (2) a cry of pain or grief
