the hercynian forest
1Hercynian Forest — Black Forest panorama, Feldberg, 2003 The Hercynian Forest was an ancient and dense forest that stretched eastward from the Rhine River across southern Germany and formed the northern boundary of that part of Europe known to writers of antiquity …
2HERCYNIAN FOREST — a forest of Central Germany, extending at one time from the Rhine to the Carpathian Mountains, described by Cæsar as nine days journey in breadth and sixty in length, is now the district of the Harz Mountains …
3Hercynian — Her*cyn i*an, a. [L. Hercynia silva, Hercynius saltus, the Hercynian forest; cf. Gr. ? ?.] Of or pertaining to an extensive forest in Germany, of which there are still portions in Swabia and the Hartz mountains. [1913 Webster] …
4Hercynian — 1580s, designating the forest covered mountains of ancient Germany, from L. Hercynia (silva) Hercynian (forest), related to Gk. Orkynios drymos, probably from O.Celt. *Perkunya, from PIE *perq(o) oak, oak forest, wooded mountain (see FIR (Cf.… …
5Hercynian orogenic belt — ▪ mountain range, Europe also called Variscan Orogenic Belt, series of mountain ranges that developed during the Devonian Period (which occurred about 416 million to 359 million years ago) and the subsequent Carboniferous Period (which… …
6Enchanted forest — In literature, an enchanted forest is a forest under, or containing, enchantments. Such forests are described in the oldest folklore from regions where forests are common, and occur throughout the centuries to modern works of fantasy. They… …
7Bavarian Forest — Results of bark beetle in the Bayerischer Wald …
8Black Forest — For the suburb of Adelaide, please see Black Forest, South Australia; for the CDP in Colorado, please see Black Forest, Colorado. : For the cake or the gateau, please see Black Forest gateau. The Black Forest (German: Schwarzwald ) is a wooded… …
9Black Forest — Black Black (bl[a^]k), a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[ae]c; akin to Icel. blakkr dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[ a]ck ink, Dan. bl[ae]k, OHG. blach, LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not akin to AS. bl[=a]c, E. bleak pallid. [root]98.] 1. Destitute of… …
10Suebi — The Suebi or Suevi (from Proto Germanic * swēbaz based on the Proto Germanic root * swē meaning one s own people,cite web | last=Peterson | first=Lena | title=Swābaharjaz | work=Lexikon över urnordiska personnamn | publisher=Institutet för språk… …
