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Brewer's: Morasteen
[great stone]. The ancient Danes selected their king from the sacred line of royalty. The man chosen was taken to the Landsthing, or local court, and placed on the morasteen, while the…Brewer's: Morgan le Fay
(See below.) W. Morris, in his Earthly Paradise (August), makes Morgan the bride of Ogier the Dane, after his earthly career was ended. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Brewer's: Tachebrune
(2 syl.). The horse of Ogier le Dane. The word means “brown-spot.” (See Horse.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Taenia RationisTace A B C D E F G H I…2000 British Academy of Film and Television Awards
The 2000 BAFTA Awards, the British equivalent of our Oscar and Emmy awards (combined into one ceremony), were presented April 9, 2000 in London. These are the film awards.FilmAmerican…Brewer's: Iol
(pron. Yol). The Danish word for Christmas; the same as Yule. The savage Dane At Iol more deep the mead did drain. SirW.Scott: Murmion. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Brewer's: Clement
(St.). Patron saint of tanners, being himself a tanner. His symbol is a pot, because November the 23rd, St. Clement's Day, is the day on which the early Danes used to go about begging for…Brewer's: Cunobelin's Gold Mines
Caverns in the chalk beds of Little Thurrock, Essex; so called from the tradition that King Cunobelin hid in them his gold. They are sometimes called Dane-holes, because they were used as…Brewer's: Dansker
A Dane. Denmark used to be called Danskë. Hence Polonius says to Reynaldo, “Inquire me first what Danskers are in Paris.” (Hamlet, ii. l.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…1000–1099 <span class="small" >(A.D.)</span> World History
Mesa VerdeCliff Dwellings(c. 1000–1300)Pete MaioCathedral and Tower at PisaTasha Vincentc. 1000–1300Classic Pueblo period of Anasazi culture; cliff dwellings.c. 1000Hungary and Scandinavia…Brewer's: Downright Dunstable
Very blunt, plain speaking. The present town of Dunstable is at the foot of the Chiltern Hills, in Bedfordshire. There was somewhere about the same site a Roman station called Magionium or…Trending
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