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Ægirʹ

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God of the ocean, whose wife is Rana. They had nine daughters, who wore white robes and veils (Scandinavian mythology). These daughters are the billows, etc. The word means “to flow.”

 

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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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Advauncer
Advent
Adversary (The)
Advocate (An)
Advocates Library
Advowson
Adytum
Ædiles
Ægeus
Æginetan Sculptures
Ægir
Ægis
Ægrotat
A E I (A—i)
Ælurus
Æmilian Law
Æmonia Æmonian
Æneas
Æneid
Æolic Digamma
Æolic Mode

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