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Raʹna

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Goddess of the sea, and wife of the sea-god Aeger. (Scandinavian mythology.)

“‘May Rana keep them in the deep,

As is her wont,

And no one save them from the grave

Cried Helgehont.”


Frithiof-Saga; The Banishment.

 

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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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Ramadan
Rambouillet
Ramee Samee
Rameses
Ramiel
Raminagobris
Rampallian
Ramsay the Rich
Ramsbottom (Mrs.)
Rana
Randem-Tandem
Random (Roderick)
Rank and File
Rank distinguished by Colour
Ranks
Rantipole
Ranz des Vaches
Rap
Rape
Rape of the Lock