yet the tide is too strong against us, and I fear ( if the framer of hearts help not ) it will force me to little Patience, a little isle next to your Prudence ''.

The place is Camusfearna, the site of a long-vanished sea-village opposite the isle of Skye.

Both Fundinn Noregr and Snorri Sturluson in Skáldskaparmál state that Ægir is the same as the sea-giant Hlér, who lives on the isle of Hlésey, and this is borne out by kennings.

Towards the west end is Eilean Gorm ( the green isle ), and near the north-western shore are the falls of Ledard.

:: I John ... was in the isle that is called Patmos for the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

The modern sense of the term first appears sometime around the 12th century ; its popularity spread in the medieval period along with the terms isle, ylle, inis, eilean, oileán There is some confusion on what the term crannog originally referred to, the structure atop the island or the island itself The additional meanings of crannog can be variously related as " structure / piece of wood ; wooden pin ; crow's nest ; pulpit ; driver's box on a coach and vessel / box / chest " for crannóg.

An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water.

That government, however, is responsible for defence and external affairs and could intervene in the domestic affairs of the isle under its residual responsibilities to guarantee " good government " in all Crown Dependencies.

Her representative on the isle is the Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man, but his role is mostly ceremonial, though he does have the power to grant Royal Assent ( the withholding of which is the same as a veto ).

The isle of Lemnos is situated off the Western coast of Asia Minor ( modern day Turkey ).

Kallisti ) is also an ancient name for the isle of Thera.

He hands the crown to his kinsman Constantine and is taken to the isle of Avalon to be healed of his wounds, never to be seen again.

During the Crusades, the " Franks " ( Catholic Western Europeans ) settled it, while in the 13th century AD, the Venetians annexed the isle to the Duchy of Naxos and renamed it " Santorini ", that is " Saint Irene ".

A check of the website Old Bailey for " Associated Records 1674-1834 " for an alleged trial in December 1801 and hanging of Sweeney Todd for January 1802 shows no reference ; the only murder trial for this period is that of a Governor / Lt Col. Joseph Wall who was hanged 28 January 1802 for killing a Benjamin Armstrong on 10 July 1782 on the isle of Gorée, West Africa, and the discharge of a Humphrey White in January 1802.

In other words, the tooth paste is next to or adjacent the tooth brushes and the tea and coffee are down the same isle as the sweet biscuits.

The first 29 cantos of Aniara had previously been published in Martinson's collection Cikada ( 1953 ), under the title Sången om Doris och Mima ( The Song of Doris and Mima ), relating the departure from Earth, the accidental near-collision with an asteroid ( incidentally named Hondo, another name for the main Japanese isle where Hiroshima is situated ) and ejection from the solar system, the first few years of increasing despair and distractions of the passengers, until news is received of the destruction of their home port ( and perhaps of Earth ).

In his book Greek Religion, Walter Burkert notes the connection with the motif of far-off Dilmun: " Thus Achilles is transported to the White Isle, which may refer to Mount Teide on Tenerife, whose volcano is often snowcapped and as the island was sometimes called the white isle by explorers, and becomes the Ruler of the Black Sea, and Diomedes becomes the divine lord of an Adriatic island ".

Directly east of the shore of Valinor is the isle of Tol Eressëa, where the Elves later built the city of Avallónë and where the Teleri lived for centuries before moving to Valinor itself.

The General Electric think tank organization, the Elfun Society, founded in 1928 at Association Island in the Thousand Islands area of northern New York state, is named after a famous elm tree on the isle.

The only inhabited isle, Tanera Mòr, is also the largest.

Meanwhile, a group of soldiers and scientists are setting up at Birth Island to try Project T against Godzilla, who has taken up residence on the isle.

Ardbeg Distillery ( Scottish Gaelic: Taigh-stail Àirde Beaga ) is a Scotch whisky distillery on the south coast of the isle of Islay, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, in the Inner Hebrides group of islands.

She tells her friend Caillean ( who was rescued from her uncaring mother in Hibernia by Lhiannon ) to take a group of young priestesses to the isle of Avalon to found a new sanctuary and become the first high-priestess of Avalon.

Eilean Idhe means " the isle of Iona ", also known as Ì nam ban bòidheach (" the isle of beautiful women ").

These isle ends are used as major draw cards to lure customers into making a snap purchase and to also entice them to shop down the isle.

Isle St. Louis and the Pointe de isle de Bifeche is also visible.

They may also have controlled the isle of Arran to the south.

Jomsborg is thought to be identical with the present-day town of Wolin ( also Wollin ) on the southeastern tip of the isle of Wolin, probably located at Silberberg hill north of the town.

In church architecture, an aisle ( also known as an isle, yle, or alley ) is more specifically a passageway to either side of the nave that is separated from the nave by colonnades or arcades, a row of pillars or columns.

It has also been suggested that the name may mean " victory isle " or have been named after St Brendan, although this is unlikely.

* Barra Head, the southernmost isle of the Outer Hebrides ( also known as Berneray )

It is set on the isle of Lesbos during the 2nd century AD, which is also assumed to be the author's home.

In the south isle, just outside the Lady Chapel and in the south wall, is an altar-tomb bearing the Culpeper arms, which also figure over the west door.

To him has also been ascribed the work, La générale et fidèle Rélation de tout ce qui s ' est passé en l ' isle de Ré, envoyée par le roi à la royne sa mère ( Paris, 1627 ).

This was a mechanism for trading between the Moors and the gold miners of Africa over a millennium ago, and also for trade with Sumatra ( the isle of gold ) and other islands of Southeast Asia.

They were also protesting against the government's failure to keep its pledge to withdraw 100, 000 barrels of low-level nuclear waste from their isle by the end of 2002.

It also provided the inspiration for the isle of Leshp in Terry Pratchett's Jingo.

The area provides not only open sea views over the tiny, uninhabited isle of Filfla, but is also a good vantage point over Malta.

It was proposed that the Scottish Wildlife Trust might take over the isle as a reserve, however the loss of the terns due to the large colony of herring and other gulls, together with a depletion of the flora, also due to the gulls, led to this proposal being rejected.

He was born in Glasgow, but moved to the isle of Lewis at the age of two, where he and his two brothers were brought up by their widowed mother in the small crofting town of Bayble, which also produced Derick Thomson.

The Little Roussel, also known as the Petit Ruau or Little Russel, is a channel running between the isle of Herm and Guernsey in the Channel Islands.

They also reach a sea of milk, an island of cheese and the isle of the blessed.