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Issland

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The kingdom of Brunhild is identified by Von der Hagen with Iceland, but Wackernagel says it means Amazonian land, and derives it from the Old German itis (a woman). (The Nibelungen Lied.)

 

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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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Ismenias
Ismeno (in Jerusalem Delivered)
Isobars
Isocratēs
Isolde
Isothermal Lines
Israel
Israfil
Issa
Issachar
Issland
Issue
Isthmian Games
Isthmus of Suez
Italian Architecture
Italian of Asia (The)
Italic School of Philosophy
Italic Version
Italics
Italy
Itch