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Middle and Scots
In several Scots and in Northern Middle English folkoric ballads, Álfheim was known in as Elphame or Elfhame.
For example ; burgh in Scots and Middle English ; burg in German and Old English, borg in Scandinavian languages ; parcus in Latin and pyrgos in Greek.
It may have been introduced to Middle Scots through the Auld Alliance.
Shetland () ( from Middle Scots ) is a subarctic archipelago of Scotland that lies north and east of mainland Great Britain.
The initial letter is the Middle Scots letter, " yogh ", the pronunciation of which is almost identical to the original Norn sound, "".
The letter yogh ( ; Middle English: ), was used in Middle English and Older Scots, representing y () and various velar phonemes.
In Middle Scots the character yogh became confused with a cursive z and the early Scots printers often used z, when yogh was not available in their fonts.
In Middle Scots, it represented the sound in the clusters, and written l and n. Yogh was also used for rather than y.
The Scots language began to diverge from early Northumbrian Middle English, which was called Ynglis as late as the early 16th century ( until the end of the 15th century the name Scottis ( modern form: Scots ) referred to Scottish Gaelic ).
In Old English and Early and Middle Scots, the word ton, toun, etc.
During the Middle Ages, because of its proximity to the Kingdom of Scotland, Carlisle became an important military stronghold ; Carlisle Castle, still relatively intact, was built in 1092 by William Rufus, and having once served as a prison for Mary, Queen of Scots.
The succeeding variety of Early northern Middle English spoken in southeastern Scotland, also known as Early Scots, began to diverge from that of Northumbria due to twelfth and thirteenth century immigration of Scandinavian-influenced Middle English-speakers from the North and Midlands of England.
Later influences on the development of Scots were from Romance languages via ecclesiastical and legal Latin, Norman and later Parisian French due to the Auld Alliance as well as Dutch and Middle Low German influences due to trade and immigration from the Low Countries.
Scots law, which applies in Scotland, is a pluralistic system based on civil-law principles, with common law elements dating back to the High Middle Ages.
In the Middle Ages, the principal users of the pike were urban militia troops such as the Flemings or the peasant array of the lowland Scots.
Good Neighbours ( Guid Nychburris in Middle Scots ) is the main festival of the year, a ceremony which is largely based on the theme of a positive community spirit.
Over time and due to various factors the language of the Lothians and the former Kingdom of Northumbria, a northern variety of Middle English, also known as Early Scots or Inglis, came to displace Gaelic as the language of all of lowland Scotland and over time adopted for itself the name " Scottis " (" Scots ") which had previously been used to refer to Gaelic, which later became known as " Erse " (" Irish ") — now considered derogatory.
The Bannatyne Manuscript is, with the Asloan and Maitland manuscripts, one of the great sources of Middle Scots literature.
The genealogies produced for Kings of Scots in the High Middle Ages traced their ancestry through Kenneth MacAlpin, through the Cenél nGabráin of Dál Riata to Fergus Mór, and then to legendary Irish kings such as Conaire Mór and the shadowy Deda mac Sin.

Middle and inscription
An inscription on a stone built into the wall of a summer house in Lancarffe furnishes proof of a settlement in Bodmin in the early Middle Ages.
An inscription identifies Callicrates as one of the architects of the Classical circuit wall of the Acropolis ( IG I < sup > 3 </ sup > 45 ), and Plutarch further states ( loc cit ) that he contracted to build the Middle of three amazing walls linking Athens and Piraeus.
During the Late Middle Ages and throughout the Early Modern period of European history, the inscription Moneta Nova, or ' New Money ' appeared on many coins issued on the European continent.
the earliest date is put around the 14th century where a copperplate inscription of Parakarama Bahu IV ( 1302-1326 ) refers to two persons who were declared exempt from certain taxes which included " gun licenses ". http :// www. island. lk / index. php? page_cat = article-details & page = article-details & code_title = 22207 many also believe that it was the Portuguese who first brought over actual muskets during their invasion of the Sri Lankan Coastline and low lands in 1505 as they regularly used short barrelled matchlocks during combat, however, P. E. P. Deraniyagala points out that the Sinhala term for gun, ‘ bondikula ’ matches the Arabic term for gun, ‘ bunduk .’ Also that certain technical aspects of the early Sinhalese matchlock were similar to the matchlocks used in the Middle East, thus forming the generally accepted theory that the musket was not entirely new to the island by the time the Portuguese came, but it was only in a short matter of time that native Sri Lankan kingdoms, most notably the kingdom of Sitawaka and the Kandyan Kingdom where Sinhalese muskets with a unique bifurcated stock, longer barrel and smaller calibre, which made it more efficient in driving out the energy from the gunpowder, where manufactured by the hundreds and mastered by soldiers to the point where according to the Portuguese invader, Queyroz, they could " fire at night to put out a match " and " by day at 60 paces would sever a knife with four or five bullets " and " send as many on the same spot in the target.
The " Aryan " language of the inscription was a " satem " Middle Iranian language, possibly the one spoken in " Arya " or " Ariana " ( the region around modern Herat ) and was, therefore, quite possibly unrelated to the original language of the Kushans ( or the Yuezhi ), but adopted by them to facilitate communication with local people.
Leo was described as " Leon V, King of Armenia " on his own personal seal (), and as " Leon de Lusignan the Fifth " in the Middle French inscription on his cenotaph: Leon de Lizingnen quint.
Described as one of the great literatures of mankind, Persian literature has its roots in surviving works of Middle Persian and Old Persian, the latter of which date back as far as 522 BCE ( the date of the earliest surviving Achaemenid inscription, the Behistun Inscription ).
In any case, the inscription, corresponding to the Middle Bronze Level I period ( contemporary with the end of the Third Dynasty of Ur, ca 2000 BC ), allowed the site of Tell Mardikh to be identified with Ebla.
The church patrons ' inscription in Middle Bulgarian from 1259 reads :< sup ></ sup >
Next followed, in the Zeitschrift für ägyptische Sprache und Alterthumskunde, studies on the Old Kingdom inscription of Unas and the Scorpion papyrus, and the Middle Kingdom contracts of Assiut, as well as on an Old Coptic text of the 3rd century CE.
The third part of the code is a character which indicates the age ( Proto-Norse, Viking Age, or Middle Ages ) and whether the inscription is lost or retranslated.
The term " Iran " derives immediately from Middle Persian Ērān, Pahlavi &# 700 ; yr &# 700 ; n, first attested in an inscription that accompanies the investiture relief of the first Sassanid king Ardashir I at Naqsh-e Rustam.
In this inscription, the king's Middle Persian appellation is ardašīr šāhān šāh ērān while in the Parthian language inscription that accompanies the Middle Persian one the king is titled ardašīr šāhān šāh aryān ( Pahlavi: ... &# 700 ; ry &# 700 ; n ) both meaning king of kings of Iranians.

Middle and Is
The word fart in Middle English occurs in " Sumer Is Icumen In ", where one sign of summer is " bucke uerteþ " ( the buck farts ).
A lifelong avid reader, Blume first began writing when her children were attending preschool, and published her first book, The One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo, in 1969.
The first single off the album, " My Love Is for Real " featured a fusion of R & B and traditional Middle Eastern instruments, and was performed with Yemeni-Israeli singer Ofra Haza.
Silk Road to Ruin: Is Central Asia the New Middle East?
As the islanders surround the burning wicker man and sing the Middle English folk-song " Sumer Is Icumen In ", a terrified Howie curses them and recites Psalm 23 as he prays to God for accession to Heaven.
" Is Scotland's Coronation Stone a Measurement Standard from the Middle Bronze Age ?".
* " Man in the Middle " a song by Bee Gees, originally released on 2001's This Is Where I Came In
" To You ", " This Is No Dream ", " You Taught Me To Love Again ", " In The Middle Of A Dream ", " Night In Sudan ".< ref > According to the tsort. info database < http :// tsort. info / music / jp6apj. htm >, " This Is No Dream " reached no.
* Fawaz Gergez, Is Democracy in the Middle East a Pipedream ?, Yale Global Online, April 25, 2005.
* McFadden, Robert D. " Paul Harvey, Homespun Radio Voice of Middle America, Is Dead at 90 ," The New York Times, Monday, March 2, 2009.
The traditional sphere of Aberffraw's influence in north Wales included Ynys Môn as their early seat of authority, and Gwynedd Uwch Conwy ( Gwynedd above the Conwy, or upper Gwynedd ), and the Perfeddwlad ( the Middle Country ) also known as Gwynedd Is Conwy ( Gwynedd below the Conwy, or lower Gwynedd ).
In the Fox television show Malcolm in the Middle, Malcolm Wilkerson displays astounding feats of automatic mental calculation, which causes him to fear his family will see him as a " freak ," and causes his brother to ask, " Is Malcolm a robot?
In 1968 the quartet left Wales for London, playing clubs such as Middle Earth, and appearing on the BBC TV series " How Late It Is ".
He made a guest appearance on a September 2008 episode of My Name Is Earl and in 2010, he made an appearance on the second season episode, " A Simple Christmas " of the television series, The Middle, playing Frankie's father, Tag Spence.
* Chris Hedges 1975 – Fellow at The Nation Institute ; professor at Princeton University ; author of War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning ; former Middle East Bureau Chief for The New York Times ; former correspondent, National Public Radio ; member of team winning 2002 Pulitzer Prize for explanatory journalism ; 2002 Amnesty International Global Award for Human Rights Journalism
The stories range from Ancient Greece ( The Crown of Violet ) to more recent times and cover ( amongst others ) the Middle Ages: ( The Red Towers of Granada ); Elizabethan England: ( Cue for Treason and Cloak for a Spy ); Restoration: London ( Fire on the Wind and Popinjay Stairs ); the French Revolution: ( Thunder of Valmy ); the Bolshevik Revolution ( The White Nights of St Petersburg ); and World War II: ( Tomorrow Is a Stranger and The Arpino Assignment ).
* Peace in the Middle East: Is There a Way Forward?
Books which he published include, The Grace of Yielding, The Foundations Series, The Destiny of Israel and the Church, The Last Word on the Middle East, Blessing or Curse: You Can Choose, They Shall Expel Demons, Bought with Blood, Rules of Engagement, Faith to Live By, Through the Psalms with Derek Prince, Shaping History Through Prayer and Fasting, Marriage Covenant, God's Remedy for Rejection, War in Heaven, Entering the Presence of God, Promised Land, Secrets of a Prayer Warrior, God Is a Matchmaker, Husbands and Fathers, Prophetic Guide to the End Times and God's Medicine Bottle.
* Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf: A Year Told Through Stuff ( 2007 )
As a Producer / Director on Tonight, This Week and TV Eye, Blair covered domestic and foreign political and economic stories including the first programme about the 1976 Soweto uprising for British television, There Is No Crisis !, and coverage of wars in the Middle East, Cambodia and Angola.
This mix of songs contributes to the film's atmosphere, contrasting rabble-rousing songs that depict the island's community like " The Landlord's Daughter " and the child-sung " Maypole " with the sinister " Fire Leap " and the erotic " Willow's Song " before culminating in the islanders ' rendition of the Middle English " Sumer Is Icumen In ".
:* At the end of track 3, " Up the Middle ", a middle-aged-sounding man asks " What ... Is it ?!?
Fuller has also appeared in many television shows, including Knight Rider, Timecop, Quantum Leap, L. A. Law, Murder, She Wrote, Ally McBeal, Felicity, Malcolm in the Middle, The West Wing, Boston Legal, Boston Public, House, Monk, Desperate Housewives, the live action version of The Tick, Charmed, Carnivàle, My Name Is Earl, Ugly Betty, Glee, Drop Dead Diva and the pilot episode of NewsRadio.

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