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Oʹriande [Oʹ-re-ond]

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A fay who lived at Rosefleur, and brought up Maugis dʹAygremont (q.v.). When her protégé grew up she loved him “dʹun si grand amour, quʹelle doute fort quʹil ne se départe dʹ avecques elle.” (Romance de Maugis dʹAygremont et de Vivian son Frère.)

 

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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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Ordinary (An)
Oread (plural, Orĕads [3 syl.] or Oreădes [4 syl.])
Oreilles
Orelio
Orellana
Orfeo and Heurodis
Orgies
Orgoglio (pron. Or-gole-yo)
Orgon
Oriana
Oriande [O-re-ond]
Oriel
Orientation
Oriflamme
Origenists
Original Sin
Orilo or Orillo (in Orlando Furioso, book viii.)
Orinda
Orion
Orkborne (Dr.)
Orkneys