Chapter XIV

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions

From this reading “You see that Fjeld,” said he, pointing to a magnificent abrupt mountain behind us.

(Old Testament) in Judeo-Christian mythology; the first man and the husband of Eve and the progenitor of the human race

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

surprising greatly

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

characterized by friendship and good will

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

surrounded by; in the middle of a group

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading “A friend of mine was taken in there on Yule night, and feasted with the hill people.”

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

at or toward the back of something

From this reading “You see that Fjeld,” said he, pointing to a magnificent abrupt mountain behind us.

past form of “believe” — accept as true; take to be true

From this reading Next morning I found my schuss-karl was brimful of tales, which he firmly believed, about the trolls.

a city of northwestern Germany linked by the Weser River to the port of Bremerhaven and the North Sea; in the Middle Ages it was a leading member of the Hanseatic League

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

filled to capacity

From this reading Next morning I found my schuss-karl was brimful of tales, which he firmly believed, about the trolls.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

assets available for use in the production of further assets

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

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From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

growing or occurring in many parts of the world

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

the act of consuming liquids

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

plural of “duck” — small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

think moodily or anxiously about something

From this reading I hummed to myself, as I thought of _Young Tamlane_-- The queen of fairies keppit him In yon green hill to dwell.

plural of “fairy” — a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers

From this reading I hummed to myself, as I thought of _Young Tamlane_-- The queen of fairies keppit him In yon green hill to dwell.

a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

a social unit living together

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

having an (over)abundance of flesh

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

past form of “feast” — partake in a feast or banquet

From this reading “A friend of mine was taken in there on Yule night, and feasted with the hill people.”

a day or period of time set aside for feasting and celebration

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

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From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

with resolute determination

From this reading Next morning I found my schuss-karl was brimful of tales, which he firmly believed, about the trolls.

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From this reading “You see that Fjeld,” said he, pointing to a magnificent abrupt mountain behind us.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

set up or found

From this reading Next morning I found my schuss-karl was brimful of tales, which he firmly believed, about the trolls.

a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading “A friend of mine was taken in there on Yule night, and feasted with the hill people.”

applying to all or most members of a category or group

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass

From this reading I hummed to myself, as I thought of _Young Tamlane_-- The queen of fairies keppit him In yon green hill to dwell.

of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

plural of “guest” — a visitor to whom hospitality is extended

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

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From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

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From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

plural of “han” — imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of Chinese civilization

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Next morning I found my schuss-karl was brimful of tales, which he firmly believed, about the trolls.

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From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

a local and well-defined elevation of the land

From this reading “A friend of mine was taken in there on Yule night, and feasted with the hill people.”

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading I hummed to myself, as I thought of _Young Tamlane_-- The queen of fairies keppit him In yon green hill to dwell.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

of or relating to the study of history

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

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From this reading I hummed to myself, as I thought of _Young Tamlane_-- The queen of fairies keppit him In yon green hill to dwell.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

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From this reading I hummed to myself, as I thought of _Young Tamlane_-- The queen of fairies keppit him In yon green hill to dwell.

a room where books are kept

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

characterized by grandeur

From this reading “You see that Fjeld,” said he, pointing to a magnificent abrupt mountain behind us.

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

full of or showing high-spirited merriment

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

a woman who works in a dairy

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

the one or ones belonging to the person speaking

From this reading “A friend of mine was taken in there on Yule night, and feasted with the hill people.”

the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading Next morning I found my schuss-karl was brimful of tales, which he firmly believed, about the trolls.

a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

From this reading “You see that Fjeld,” said he, pointing to a magnificent abrupt mountain behind us.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Next morning I found my schuss-karl was brimful of tales, which he firmly believed, about the trolls.

used when the speaker is also the object of the action

From this reading I hummed to myself, as I thought of _Young Tamlane_-- The queen of fairies keppit him In yon green hill to dwell.

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From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

immediately following in time or order

From this reading Next morning I found my schuss-karl was brimful of tales, which he firmly believed, about the trolls.

the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

From this reading “A friend of mine was taken in there on Yule night, and feasted with the hill people.”

being ten more than eighty

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

not any; not one

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

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From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading “A friend of mine was taken in there on Yule night, and feasted with the hill people.”

(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

From this reading “A friend of mine was taken in there on Yule night, and feasted with the hill people.”

a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

-ing form of “point” — indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively

From this reading “You see that Fjeld,” said he, pointing to a magnificent abrupt mountain behind us.

the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs

From this reading I hummed to myself, as I thought of _Young Tamlane_-- The queen of fairies keppit him In yon green hill to dwell.

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From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading “You see that Fjeld,” said he, pointing to a magnificent abrupt mountain behind us.

plural of “save” — (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

the place where some action occurs

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

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From this reading Next morning I found my schuss-karl was brimful of tales, which he firmly believed, about the trolls.

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading “You see that Fjeld,” said he, pointing to a magnificent abrupt mountain behind us.

a garment worn on the upper half of the body

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

be seated

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

the vital principle or animating force within living things

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

the subject matter of a conversation or discussion

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

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From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

understood in a certain way; made sense of

From this reading “A friend of mine was taken in there on Yule night, and feasted with the hill people.”

plural of “tale” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading Next morning I found my schuss-karl was brimful of tales, which he firmly believed, about the trolls.

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From this reading I hummed to myself, as I thought of _Young Tamlane_-- The queen of fairies keppit him In yon green hill to dwell.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading “You see that Fjeld,” said he, pointing to a magnificent abrupt mountain behind us.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

in or at that place or location

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading I hummed to myself, as I thought of _Young Tamlane_-- The queen of fairies keppit him In yon green hill to dwell.

third-person singular of “threaten” — pose a threat to; present a danger to

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

plural of “troll” — (Scandanavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains

From this reading Next morning I found my schuss-karl was brimful of tales, which he firmly believed, about the trolls.

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From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

consistent with fact or reality; not false

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

oriental moth that produces brownish silk

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

(of a thought or act) unwelcome or involuntary

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading “You see that Fjeld,” said he, pointing to a magnificent abrupt mountain behind us.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Next morning I found my schuss-karl was brimful of tales, which he firmly believed, about the trolls.

having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading Next morning I found my schuss-karl was brimful of tales, which he firmly believed, about the trolls.

in the company of; together with

From this reading “A friend of mine was taken in there on Yule night, and feasted with the hill people.”

combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

a late time of life

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.

distant but within sight (“yon” is dialectal)

From this reading I hummed to myself, as I thought of _Young Tamlane_-- The queen of fairies keppit him In yon green hill to dwell.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading “You see that Fjeld,” said he, pointing to a magnificent abrupt mountain behind us.

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

From this reading I hummed to myself, as I thought of _Young Tamlane_-- The queen of fairies keppit him In yon green hill to dwell.

period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6

From this reading Fairy lore--A wrestle for a drinking horn--Merry time is Yule time--Head-dresses at Haga--Old church at Naes--Good trout-fishing country--A wealthy milkmaid--Horses subject to influenza--A change-house library--An historical calculation--The great national festival--Author threatens, but relents--A field-day among the ducks--Gulsvig--Family plate--A nurse of ninety years--The Sölje--The little fat grey man--A capital scene for a picture--An amazing story--As true as I sit here--The goat mother--Are there no Tusser now-a-days--Uninvited guests--An amicable conversation about things in general--Hans saves his shirt--The cosmopolitan spirit of fairy lore--Adam of Bremen.