In Norse mythology, Óðr ( Old Norse for " mad, frantic, furious, vehement, eager ", as a noun " mind, feeling " and also " song, poetry "; Orchard ( 1997 ) gives " the frenzied one ") or Óð, sometimes angliziced as Odr or Od, is a figure associated with the major goddess Freyja.

* frenetic and frantic ( both from Greek, via Old French and Latin ) -- more English doublets from Greek in English words of Greek origin

The parents begin a frantic search, while the boys go see Old Frida, a local prostitute with herpes in her mouth, and pay her to go to their homes and lick, touch and otherwise mess with the parents ' stuff to give them all herpes.

The tradition was developed in response to the Old Testament Genesis 50: 1-14 from Genesis in which Joseph mourns the death of his father Jacob ( Israel ) for seven days.

In response to this call, Mstislav the Bold and Mstislav Romanovich the Old joined forces and set out eastward to meet the foe, only to be routed in 1223 at the Battle of the Kalka River, a defeat remembered to this day in Russia and Ukraine.

In response, Zinoviev, Kamenev, Alexei Rykov, Vladimir Milyutin and Victor Nogin resigned from the Central Committee on 4 November 1917 ( Old Style ) and Kamenev resigned from his Central Executive Committee post.

Old individuals are also capable of producing aerial roots ( chi chi ) on the undersides of large branches in response to disturbances such as crown damage ; these roots can lead to successful clonal reproduction upon contacting the soil.

As a response to deteriorating relations between the clergy and the military at Old Sarum, the decision was taken to resite the cathedral and the bishopric was moved to its present place in Salisbury.

The identity of the translator of the 1682 English version Critical History of the Old Testament is unclear, being often given as a Henry Dickinson who is an obscure figure, and sometimes as John Hampden ; John Dryden wrote his Religio Laici in response with a dedication to Dickinson, and Simon's work became well known.

The state of Elam was formed from these lesser states as a response to invasion from Sumer during the Old Elamite period.

In response, he raised the standard of James Stuart, the " Old Pretender ", in the First Jacobite Rising.

In response to the Disengagement Theory, The Activity Theory of Old Age is a theory of aging which states that the psychological and social needs of the elderly are no differenct from those of the middle-aged and that it is neither normal nor natural for older people to become isolated and withdrawn.

Appeals were made to the United Nations and in the international community to declare the Old City to be an ' open city ' and stop this destruction, but there was no response.

The conformity to the Old Testament concepts is shown in Matthew 4: 10 and Luke 4: 8 where in response to temptation Jesus quotes Deuteronomy 6: 13 and states: " It is written, you shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.

The declaration, however provoked an angry response from the conservative " Old Guard " in the party, including the party's leader.

In May, 1970, as campus peace activists held the second day of a student strike in the gymnasium in response to the U. S. invasion of Cambodia and the student deaths at Kent State University, one or more arsonists set Old Main ablaze, destroying the 92-year-old cornerstone of Colorado State.

In response to continued British interference with American shipping ( including the practice of impressment of American sailors into the British Navy ), and to British aid to American Indians in the Old Northwest, the Twelfth Congress — led by Southern and Western Jeffersonians — declared war on Britain in 1812.

Robinson Honest to God controversy, he published a short response entitled Image Old and New, in which he engaged seriously with Robinson's ideas.

It was written in response to Flora's inquiry concerning the origin of the Law of the Old Testament.

He opposed the early Eaton Centre development plan that would have seen the demolition of Toronto's Old City Hall, Dennison was a pro-labour mayor but later became more conservative in response to early criticism.

Because of the stance of the Guardian Angels in response to Leonard's murders of three Round Table Pizza employees, the Old Sacramento restaurant offered free dinner for one patrol every Saturday and Sunday night.

Nevertheless in these descriptions, and in spite of certain differences, we find the same elements repeated: the psalms generally chanted in the form of responses, that is to say by one or more cantors, the choir repeating one verse, which served as a response, alternately with the verses of psalms which were sung by the cantors ; readings taken from the Old and the New Testament, and later on, from the works of the Fathers and doctors ; litanies or supplications ; prayer for the divers members of the Church, clergy, faithful, neophytes, and catechumens ; for emperors ; travellers ; the sick ; and generally for all the necessities of the Church, and even prayer for Jews and for heretics.

In response to a petition by area residents to restore its traditional name, the Canadian board on geographical names formally renamed it Old Wives Lake in 1953.

The decision to clearcut of old growth forest in the Old Forest Arboretum in order to build the exhibit drew sustained criticism by Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, which was reorganized in response to the forest reduction, and by Park Friends, Inc.

Its supporters in response depicted the standardised Old Norse spelling as an artificial construct — no closer to the actual manuscripts than the modern spelling — and an unnecessary burden to the casual reader.

In response to the concern about refusing medical care, which led to some parents being imprisoned after a 1910 diphtheria outbreak in Essex, the sect split between the ' Old Peculiars ', who still rebuffed medicine, and the ' New Peculiars ', who somewhat reluctantly condoned it.

In 1881, in response to plans for the possible demolition of the building due to real estate potential, The Bostonian Society was formed to preserve and steward the Old State House.

All but the most rabid of Confederate flag wavers admit that the Old Southern tradition is defunct in actuality and sigh that its passing was accompanied by the disappearance of many genteel and aristocratic traditions of the reputedly languid ante-bellum way of life.

but why did the Old Chinese postulate five elements, when the Ancient Near East -- which may have initiated the idea that natural elements exerted influence in human life and activities -- recognized only four??

The Þiðrekssaga tells that the warrior Heime ( Hama in Old English ) takes sides against Eormanric, king of the Goths, and has to flee his kingdom after robbing him ; later in life, Hama enters a monastery and gives them all his stolen treasure.

Called the " Grand Old Man " later in life, he was always a dynamic popular orator who appealed strongly to British workers and lower middle class.

Increase Mather was a pastor of the Old North Church and led an accomplished life that Cotton was determined to live up to.

Diderot's miscellaneous pieces range from a graceful trifle like the Regrets sur ma vieille robe de chambre ( Regrets for my Old Dressing Gown ) up to Le rêve de D ' Alembert, where he plunges into the depths of the controversy as to the ultimate constitution of matter and the meaning of life.

The Golem's body was stored in the attic genizah of the Old New Synagogue, where it would be restored to life again if needed.

Another important work, in the northern dialect of Old Saxon, is a life of Christ in the style of a heroic epic known as the Heliand.

The grief of his life was Luther's Reformation and what he regarded to be apostasy from the Old Faith.

The Old Norse Bartholomeus saga postola, an account of the life of Saint Bartholomew dating from the 13th century, mentions a " Queen Hel.

The rationale for the differential treatment goes to the heart of the risk a life insurer takes: Old people are likely to die sooner than young people, so the risk of loss ( the insured's death ) is greater in any given period of time and therefore the risk premium must be higher to cover the greater risk.

He devoted his life to understanding the oil-based media of the Old Masters.

In mid-2006, Spacey felt he was having the time of his life working at the Old Vic.

In the musical, one cat is chosen each year by Old Deuteronomy to go to the Heaviside Layer and begin a new life.

Christianity interprets a wide range of biblical passages in the Old Testament ( Hebrew scripture ) as predicting the coming of the Messiah ( see Christianity and Biblical prophecy for examples ), and believes that they are fulfilled in Jesus ' own explicit life and teaching:

" The Preacher ", in the Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes, can be understood as propounding a generally nihilistic sentiment throughout the book, proclaiming that everything in life is " meaningless " and vain.

The idea of divine justice being exercised after death for wrongdoing during life is first encountered during the Old Kingdom, in a 6th dynasty tomb containing fragments of what would be described later as the Negative Confessions

At the end of his life, he was to learn Hebrew in order to be able to read the Old Testament and especially the Psalms unadulterated by translation.

He spent most of his adolescent life living in the Old Rectory, Kinnitty, Birr, County Offaly where his father was the Church of Ireland rector.

Of note, The Old Power House near Lock 23 ( near Morrisburg, ON ) became an attractive site for scuba divers, the submerged stone building covered with barnacles and home to an abundance of underwater life.

* Georgslied, 9th-century Old High German poem about the life of Saint George

On the other hand, Carla Hesse, in The Other Enlightenment: How French Women Became Modern ( 2001 ), argues that " female participation in the public cultural life of the Old Regime was ... relatively marginal ".

Called the " Grand Old Man " later in life, he was always a dynamic popular orator who appealed strongly to British workers and lower middle class.

Orderic Vitalis records that late in William's life the king tried to learn to read Old English, but was unable to devote sufficient time to the effort and quickly gave up.