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111seafaring customs and beliefs — Two deep sea customs have been reported on a regular basis and are thus well known. The first is usually called burying the dead horse but in the following account, written by an emigrant on the Northumberland in 1874, it is burning : We… …
112blat- — blat English meaning: to chat Deutsche Übersetzung: “plappern under likewise Schallbedeutungen” as well as ähnliche Schallworte schwer bestimmbaren Alters Material: Lat. blaterō, üre “ chatter, babble, empty gossip; also from… …
113Priapeia — Woman painting a statue of Priapus, from a fresco at Pompeii The Priapeia is a collection of ninety five poems in various meters on subjects pertaining to the phallic god Priapus. It was compiled from literary works and inscriptions on images of… …
114Wyrd — For other uses, see Wyrd (disambiguation). Wyrd is a concept in Anglo Saxon culture roughly corresponding to fate or personal destiny. The word is ancestral to Modern English weird, which retains its original meaning only dialectally. The cognate …
115Mea culpa — For other uses, see Mea Culpa (disambiguation). Mea culpa is a Latin phrase that translates into English as my mistake or my fault . To emphasize the message, the adjective maxima may be inserted, resulting in mea maxima culpa, which would… …
116Cuckold — is a historic derogatory term for a man who has an unfaithful wife. The word, which has been in recorded use since the 13th century, derives from the cuckoo which gives up nurturing its own by laying eggs in other birds nests. [1] In modern terms …
117race — {{11}}race (n.1) act of running, c.1300, from O.N. ras running, rush (of water), cognate with O.E. ræs, which became M.E. resen attack, incursion, but did not survive into Modern English. Both the Norse and Old English words are from P.Gmc. *ræs… …
118bhel-3, bhlē- — bhel 3, bhlē English meaning: to grow, spread, swell Deutsche Übersetzung: “aufblasen, aufschwellen, sprudeln, strotzen” Material: O.Ind. bhüṇ ḍ a n. “pot, pan, vessel” (*bhüln da?); after Thieme (ZDMG. 92, 47 f.) here Av.… …
119dā : dǝ- and dāi- : dǝi- : dī̆- — dā : dǝ and dāi : dǝi : dī̆ English meaning: to share, divide Deutsche Übersetzung: “teilen, zerschneiden, zerreißen” Grammatical information: originally athemat. Wurzelpräsens. Material: O.Ind. dü ti, dyáti “clips, cuts,… …
120Asteroid — For the arcade video game, see Asteroids (video game). For other uses, see Asteroid (disambiguation). A composite image, to scale, of the asteroids that have been imaged at high resolution. As of 2011 they are, from largest to smallest: 4 Vesta,… …
