For example, Old Norse poets might replace sverð, the regular word for “ sword ”, with a more abstract compound such as “ wound-hoe ” ( Egill Skallagrímsson: Höfuðlausn 8 ), or a genitive phrase such as randa íss “ ice of shields ” ( Einarr Skúlason: ‘ Øxarflokkr ’ 9 ).

‘ Some homonyms in the Old Norse Atlakviða ’.

The word window originates from the Old Norse ‘ vindauga ’, from ‘ vindr – wind ’ and ‘ auga – eye ’, i. e. " wind eye ".

In Norwegian Nynorsk and Icelandic the Old Norse form has survived to this day ( in Icelandic only as a less used synonym to gluggi ), in Swedish the word vindöga remains as a term for a hole through the roof of a hut, and in the Danish language ‘ vindue ’ and Norwegian Bokmål ‘ vindu ’, the direct link to ‘ eye ’ is lost, just like for ' window '.

Looking across Indo-European languages, it becomes apparent that the name could be cognate with Old English fealu ‘ pale, faded, dark, yellowish-brown ,’ Modern English fallow, from Proto-Germanic * falwaz, cognate with Old Norse fölr, Middle Dutch valu, German falb, from Proto-Indo-European * polwos ‘ dark-colored, gray ,’ cf.

Both MacBain ( 1982 ) and Julius Pokorny ( 1959: 203 ) correlate the element with Norse böð, genitive boðvar, ‘ war ,’ and Anglo-Saxon beadu, genitive beadwe, ‘ battle ,’ suggesting that the word originally denoted ‘ battle ’ or ‘ strife .’ Julius Pokorny ( 1959: 203 ) presents the element as an extended form of the Proto-Indo-European root * bhedh-‘ pierce, dig .’ To this root Pokorny also links the Sanskrit bádhate, ‘ oppress ,’ and the Lithuanian bádas, ‘ famine ’.

The name has Old English origins, with the ‘ chirche ’ element subsequently being replaced by the Old Norse ‘ kirkja ’.

The name ‘ Ormskirk ’ is Old Norse in origin and is derived from Ormres kirkja, from a personal name, Ormr ( which means " serpent " or dragon ), and the Old Norse word for church.

In the third volume of his Deutsche Mythologie, Grimm writes: “ I am more and more convinced that Holda can be nothing but an epithet of the mild and ‘ gracious ’ Fricka ; and Berhta, the shining, is identical with her too .” In Lower Saxony, the parts assigned to Frau Holle are played by fru Freke corresponding to Anglo-Saxon Fricg, Old High German Frikka, Frikkia, Old Norse Frigg.

Close to the Needle ’ s Eye is the ' Bladder Stone ', though some say its real name is the ‘ Balder Stone ’, and the ' Raven Bowl ', thus linking it with the Norse god of that name and Germanic mythology in general.

But from his Oxford Genetic Atlas Project genetic data Sykes said that the lack of patrilineal Y-chromosomes from the “ Sigurd ” clan in south Wales ( and very few in other parts of Wales ) is strong evidence against any Norse Viking settlement in Wales, and means that the Viking explanation of Morgan Watkin for the high frequency of blood group A in ‘ Little England beyond Wales ’ is wrong.

However, the Norse word used in the saga is ‘ vinber ’.

“ Paddy Chayefsky ’ s ‘ Marty ’ and Its Significance to the Social History of Arthur Avenue, The Bronx, in the 1950s .” The Bronx County Historical Society Journal XLIV ( Spring / Fall 2007 ): 50-59.

US Institute of Historical biographies mentions him in their ‘ Who is Who ’ list and presented him a gold medal in 1998.

* Treptow, Kurt W. – Popa, Marcel: Historical Dictionary of Romania ( entries ‘ Basarab I ’, ‘ Posada, Battle of ( 9 – 12 November 1330 )’, and ‘ Wallachia ( Ţara Românească )’); The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1996, Lanham ( Maryland, US ) & Folkestone ( UK ); ISBN 0-8108-3179-1

* Kirby, D. P. ( 1983 ) “ Bede, Eddius Stephanus and the ‘ Life of Wilfrid ’”, in: The English Historical Review ; 98. 386 ( 1983 ), pp. 101-14.

* John P. Meier, " The Present State of the ‘ Third Quest ’ for the Historical Jesus: Loss and Gain "

* John Hume, ‘ Derry beyond the walls: social and economic aspects of the growth of Derry ,' Ulster Historical foundation, Belfast, 2002.

* Keen, Benjamin, The White Legend Revisited: A Reply to Professor Hanke ’ s ‘ Modest Proposal ,’ Hispanic American Historical Review 51, no.

However, Antonia Gransden in ‘ Historical writing in England c. 550 to c. 1307 ’ argues that because William of Poitiers as a panegyrist, looking to praise the Conqueror at every opportunity, William of Poitiers ‘ suppressed, distorted and probably invented facts ... tediously elaborated his hero ’ s praises .’ She goes on to say that because he as in service to William the Conqueror, William of Poitiers produced a ‘ biased, unreliable account of events, and unrealistic portraits of the two principle protagonists .’

* ‘ Ourimbah Recollections ’ Historical anecdotes of Ourimbah 1829 to 1994.

* H. Selkirk, ‘ Discovery of Mudgee ’, Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, 8 ( 1922 )

* Daniel Szechi, ‘ The Duke of Shrewsbury's contacts with the Jacobites in 1713 ’, Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research, 56 ( 1983 ), pp. 229 – 32.

Rice ( 1977 ), ‘ British Consuls and Diplomats in the Mid-Eighteenth Century: An Italian Example ’, English Historical Review, 92 ( 1977 ), 834 – 46

* Francis, Michael ( 2009 ) ‘ Silencing the past: Historical and archaeological colonisation of the Southern San KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa ’.

* Clarfield, Gerard H. " Victory in the West: A Study of the Role of Timothy Pickering in the Successful Consummation of Pinckney ‘ s Treaty ," Essex Institute Historical Collections 101, 4 ( 1965 ): 333-53.

* William Rubinstein, ‘ The secret of Leopold Amery ’, Historical Research, vol.

* Charles W. Fehrenbach, ‘ Moderados and Exaltados: the liberal opposition to Ferdinand VII, 1814-1823 ’, Hispanic American Historical Review 50 ( 1970 ), 52-69

# ‘ The Origin of Pagan Idolatry ascertained from Historical Testimony and Circumstantial Evidence ,’ 3 vols.

According to the Darebin Historical Encyclopedia, " hite settlers knew the Wurundjeri as the ‘ Yarra ’ tribe.

* Bain Attwood of the School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies at Monash University dismisses him as a ' tabloid historian ' however Attwood concedes that ' Boyce is unable to demonstrate ' that the documents he says Windschuttle ignored ' would have provided factual killings of Aborigines ' and that ‘ ' revisionist ' critics have demonstrated that the academic historians lacked documentation for most of the killings represented in their accounts ’.

* ‘ Index Biblicus: or, the Historical Books of the Holy Scripture abridged.

* Philip Sherrard, ‘ Christianity and Other Sacred Traditions ’ in Christianity: Lineaments of a Sacred Tradition, Brookline, Massachusetts: Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 1998

– ‘ Thomas Dekker and the Traditions of the English Drama ’ – Lang – 1985

* Bulst, Christoph M., “‘ Cinnanum Tempus ’: A Reassessment of the ‘ Dominatio Cinnae ’,” Historia: Zeitschrift fur Alte Geschichte 13, no.

Her investigative works include Selena ‘ s Secret: The Revealing Story Behind Her Tragic Death, released in Spanish as El Secreto De Selena: La Reveladora Historia Detrás De Su Trágica Muerte, in which she investigated the events surrounding the death of singer Selena Quintanilla.

The year before he had published his ‘ Historia Pelagiana a history of the Pelagian controversies ; at the time it was considered by some to favour the views of the Arminians or Remonstrants.

* 2006: ‘ Historia intelectual y acción política: Una entrevista con Quentin Skinner ’, Historia y Política 16, pp. 237 – 58.

* 2007b: ‘ La Historia de mi Historia: Una Entrevista con Quentin Skinner ’, El giro contextual: Cinco ensayos de Quentin Skinner y seis comentarios, ed.

In the 1990s, given Australia's long dominance of the Ashes and the popular acceptance of the Darnley urn as ‘ The Ashes ’, the idea was mooted that the victorious team should be awarded the urn as a trophy and allowed to retain it until the next series.

In 2004, Pope John Paul II's efforts to unite Europe were honoured with an ‘ Extraordinary Charlemagne Medal ’, which was awarded for the first time ever.

Julia Agrippina, most commonly referred to as Agrippina Minor or Agrippina the Younger, and after 50 known as Julia Augusta Agrippina ( Minor Latin for the ‘ younger ’, Classical Latin: ;, 7 November 15 or 6 November 16 – 19 / 23 March 59 ) was a Roman Empress and one of the more prominent women in the Julio-Claudian dynasty.

The second Abbasid caliph, Al Mansur ( 754 – 775 ) founded the city of Baghdad to act as a centre of learning, and included in its design a library-translation centre known as Bayt al-Hikma ‘ Storehouse of Wisdom ’, which continued to receive development from his heirs and was to provide a major impetus for Arabic-Persian translations of Hellenistic astrological texts.

The statement, entitled ‘ Objections to Astrology ’, was signed by 186 astronomers, physicists and leading scientists of the day.

Under the heading ‘ Individuality in Thought and Desire ’, Karl Marx, ( German Ideology 1845 ), says:

Babur crossing river Son ; folio from an illustrated manuscript of ‘ Babur-Namah ’, Mughal, Akbar Period, AD 1598

Like many artists, Watterson incorporated elements of his life, interests, beliefs and values into his work — for example, his hobby as a cyclist, memories of his own father ’ s speeches about ‘ building character ’, and his views on merchandising and corporations.

In the end England and the Dutch Republic took control of the newly won territory for the duration of the war ; after which it was to be handed over to the direct rule of ‘ Charles III ’, subject to the reservation of a Dutch Barrier, the extent and nature of which had yet to be settled.

Three general possibilities are that a person, possibly named Zephaniah, prophesied the words of the book of Zephaniah ; the general message of a Josianic prophet is conveyed through the book of Zephaniah ; or the name could have been employed, either during the monarchic or post-monarchic period, as a ‘ speaking voice ’, possibly for rhetorical purposes.

Scholars of ballads are often divided into two camps, the ‘ communalists ’ who, following the line established by the German scholar Johann Gottfried Herder ( 1744 – 1803 ) and the Brothers Grimm, argue that ballads arose by a combined communal effort and did not have a single author, and ‘ individualists ’, following the thinking of English collector Cecil Sharp, who assert that there was a single original author.

Broadside ballads ( also known as ' roadsheet ’, ‘ stall ’, ‘ vulgar ’ or ‘ come all ye ’ ballads ) were a product of the development of cheap print in the 16th century.

Examples include ‘ The Streets of Laredo ’, which was found in Britain and Ireland as ‘ The Unfortunate Rake ’; however, a further 400 have been identified as originating in North America, including among the best known, ‘ The Ballad of Davy Crockett ' and ' Jesse James '.

His original system consisted of the four classical elements found in the ancient Greek traditions ( air, earth, fire and water ), in addition to two philosophical elements: sulphur, ‘ the stone which burns ’, which characterized the principle of combustibility, and mercury, which contained the idealized principle of metallic properties.

It contains a ‘ sunset clause ’, and it will automatically cease to have effect on November 1, 2010, unless the legislature decides to prolong the law, or extend it to other mass civil case proceedings.

Cox argued in 1948 that caste cannot be compared to race or class, because, according to him, caste was static, the social inferiors in a caste system were ‘ content with their situation ’, and there was no social movement for their betterment.

In ‘ Stray Dog Strut ’ the final fight between Spike and Hakim is influenced by Bruce Lee ’ s Game of Death while in ‘ Waltz for Venus ’, Spike ’ s kung fu lesson is eerily similar to a scene from Lee ’ s Enter the Dragon.