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direction, a sports area, and part of a
meal:
an advanced COURSE
to change COURSE
agolfCOURSE
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codeine (not -ie-)
colander (not -ar)
collaborate collaborated, collaborating
collaborator ... YOU AND I
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ALL TOGETHER OR ALTOGETHER?
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Alzheimer’s disease (not Alze-)
amateur (not -mm-)
ambiguity Always ... See
ACQUAINTANCE
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aquarium (singular) aquaria or aquariums (plural)
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FOREIGN PLURALS
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... angles are equal
z = 60
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Corresponding angles are equal
From the results ofthe above calculations it can be seen that the sum ofthe three
angles ofthe triangle is the same total as the sum ofthe ... two fractions have the same denominator, 7
If the denominators are not the same, each fraction has to be converted to an
equivalent fraction so that the denominators are the same size.
Example. ... that triangle ABE is an isosceles triangle.
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c
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C
D
A
Solution. Write
Angle ACD = angle ABD Angles on the same arc are equal
Angle ACD = angle BAC Alternate angles are equal
Angle ABD = angle...
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... dictionary is, of course, organized alphabetically, but when it comes
to the Vikings, this is not as easy a task as it may sound: there are a num-
ber of additional characters in the Scandinavian and ... conventions ofthe Scandina-
vian and Icelandic languages, I have chosen to anglicize these charac-
ters. Thus, å and ä, are treated simply as the letter a; æ as the letters ae;
ö and ø as the letter ... ig-
nored in the alphabetical ordering of entries. Hooked o has been nor-
malized as ö and hooked or nasal a as ã.
The forms of personal and place-names are a further source of
headaches for the person...
... dictionary will actually focus on the archae-
ological, art historical, epigraphical, historical, linguistic, and literary ev-
idence for Scandinavia and Scandinavians in the Viking Age. It has also
been ... that they spent much time
there. At the beginning ofthe Viking Age, Iceland was of course not part
of the Scandinavian world, but it was colonized by a Scandinavian-
speaking population in the ... this area vary considerably.
There are larger tracts of flat, arable lands in Sweden than there are in
Norway, but also much uncultivable marshland and forest. Communi-
cations with inland areas...
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– A –
ABBASID CALIPHATE. The Abbasids were an Arab dynasty, de-
scended from al-Abbas, the uncle ofthe Prophet Mohammed. They
displaced the ruling Umayyad dynasty and came ... which it lasted and across the vast distances of
Scandinavia. The only real agreement today is that many different fac-
tors played a part in triggering this wave of outward activity.
AFTER THE VIKING ... in battle, rather than attacking monastic targets.
This probably partly reflects the realization by the inhabitants of
monasteries that they were vulnerable and unable to adequately protect
the...
... Poet and ambassador from Andalusia in Spain sent
by Abdurrhaman II, Moorish emir of Cordoba, tothe court of the
king ofthe Majus in the North. Al-Ghazal’s journey is said to have
taken place ... Slavonic
and Scandinavian languages.
ÆLFGIFU OF NORTHAMPTON. Known as Alfiva in Scandinavia.
Ælfgifu belonged to an aristocratic Mercian (see Mercia) family and
was the daughter of Ælfhelm, who was appointed ... in
865. Alfred had married Eahlswith (d. 902), the daughter ofa Mer-
cian ealdorman, in 868, probably as part ofa West-Saxon-Mercian al-
liance made in that year after the Danish occupation of Nottingham.
In...
... Jutland. In
particular, archaeological evidence reveals that the first phase of
the Danevirke fortification across the base ofthe Jutland Penin-
sula, the construction ofthe Kanhave Canal on the ... (group 1). They cover the history ofthe
part ofthe Frankish or Carolingian kingdom that lay tothe east of
the River Rhine and that later became Germany. There are three main
manuscript traditions, ... that, after 843, the author ofthe Annals was
working at some distance from the royal household. The author of
this section ofthe Annals was probably Prudentius, a Spanish chap-
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ANNALS OF...
... family came to be known by the name Laxdale and
was the subject ofa 13th-century saga, Laxdæla Saga.
– B –
BAFFIN ISLAND. See HELLULAND.
BALDER (ON Baldr). God ofthe Æsir family. Balder was ... Viking-Age pagan burial from the southern
parish of Arbory on the Isle of Man. The burial mound contained the
remains ofa man and a woman, although the grave goods were ex-
clusively “male” in character ... a shift in
the power base ofthe earldom to Kirkwall, and we find Bishop
William increasingly associated with Egilsay and Kirkwall, rather
than Birsay, in Orkneyinga Saga. Such a shift may have...
... ofa chieftain (see go
ðð
i) and to accompany him to the
springtime assembly and to either pay a thing-attendance tax or to at-
tend the Althing with their chieftain each summer. These laws also
stated ... tutor and is characterized by William as
a “very deceitful man.” Together, they attacked the Spanish (see
Spain), southern French, and North African coasts, and the Balearic
Isles before reaching ... in the Danelaw and Normandy, and the capital,
Nantes, appears to have fallen into ruin during the occupation. In-
deed the limited archaeological evidence from the province sug-
gests that the...
... city, also refer tothe attacks by Askold and Dir. From the end
of the 10th century, the emperor of Byzantium had a famous Scandi-
navian bodyguard, known as the Varangian Guard, which attracted
mercenaries ... Byzantium was the capital ofthe eastern half of
the Roman Empire and was still the center ofa large eastern empire
in the Viking Age. It was visited by Scandinavian raiders and traders
who exchanged ... kings and was never
again to have the independence it had enjoyed in the 10th century.
However, the significance ofthe battle was exaggerated by a later
piece of propaganda, the War ofthe Irish...
... Staraja Ladoga) and the rivers Lovat
and Volkhov in the north or via the Baltic Sea in the east. The most
important Scandinavian trading stations and settlements in Russia
lay along the northern ... place in Norway, and Snorri
Sturluson associates this with the pagan rituals performed at Gamla
Uppsala in his Ynglinga Saga on the basis ofthe skaldic poem,
Ynglingatal. There are a number of ... Three Fragmentary An-
nals records that Æthelflæd, Lady ofthe Mercians, granted land near
Chester toa Scandinavian called Ingimundr in the first decade of the
10th century, and although the settlers...