Howe

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  • 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!: (interjection) (1) a sailors’ cry when heaving the anchor up (2) a cry of pain or grief
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