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Roland de Vaux (Sir)

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Baron of Triermain, who woke Gyneth from her long sleep of five hundred years and married her. (Sir Walter Scott: Bridal of Triermain.)

 

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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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Rodrigo [Rod-ree-go] or Roderick
Rogation Days
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Rogel of Greece
Roger
Rogero, Ruggiero, or Rizieri
Rogue Ingrain (A)
Roi Panade [King of Slops]
Roland
Roland de Vaux (Sir)
Rolandseck Tower
Roll
Rolls [Chancery Lane, London]
Rolling Stone
Rollrich or Rowldrich Stones
Roly-poly (pron. rowl-y powl-y)
Romaic
Roman (The)
Roman Birds
Roman Remains in England