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Ghibelline (g hard)

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or rather Waiblingen. The war-cry of Conrad’s followers in the battle of Weinsberg (1140). Conrad, Duke of Suabia, was opposed to Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony, whose slogan was Guelph or Welfe, his family name.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Geste or Gest (g soft)
Get (To)
Get, Got
Get by Heart (To)
Get One’s Back Up (To)
Get-up (A)
Get up (To)
Gethsemane
Gewgaw (g hard)
Ghebers or Guebres
Ghibelline (g hard)
Ghost
Ghoul
Giaffir (Djaf-fir)
Giall
Giallar Bridge
Giallar Horn (The)
Gian ben Gian (g soft)
Giant of Literature (The)
Giants (g soft)
(5) Giants of Mythology