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Valens or Valaʹnus

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Mercury was the son of Valens and Phoroʹnis. This Mercury is called Trophoʹnius in the regions under the earth. (Cicero De Nat. Deorum, iii. 22.)

“Ciclinʹius [Mercury] riding in his hirachee

Fro Venus Vʹlanus might this palais see.”


Chaucer: Compl. of Mars and Venus.

 

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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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Vacuum Boyleanum
Vade Mecum [a go-with-me]
Væ Victis!
Vail (To)
Vails
Vain as a Peacock
Valdarno
Vale of Avoca
Vale of Tears
Vale the Bonnet (To)
Valens or Valanus
Valentia
Valentine
Valentinians
Valerian or Valirian
Valerian (the herb)
Valhalla
Valiant (The)
Valise
Valkyriur or Valkyries
Valla (Laurentius)