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Nyʹse (2 syl.)

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One of the Nereids (q.v.).

“The lovely Nysë and Neriʹnë spring,

With all the vehemence and speed of wing.”


Camoens: Lusiad, bk. ii.

 

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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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