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Alvina Weeps

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or “Hark! Alvina weeps,” i.e. the wind howls loudly, a Flemish saying. Alvina was the daughter of ā king, who was cursed by her parents because she married unsuitably. From that day she roamed about the air invisible to the eye of man, but her moans are audible.

 

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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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Altan Kol
Altar (An)
Alter ego
Althæa’s Brand
Althea (Divine)
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Altis
Alto relievo
Alumbrado
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A.M. or M.A
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Amadis of Greece
Amaimon
Amalfitan Code
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Amalthea’s Horn