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  • 81Hwicce — The Hwicce (also spelt Hwicca or Wiccia ) were one of the peoples of Anglo Saxon England. The exact boundaries of their kingdom are uncertain, though it is likely that they coincided with those of the old Diocese of Worcester, founded in 679–80,… …

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  • 82Wyrd — For other uses, see Wyrd (disambiguation). Wyrd is a concept in Anglo Saxon culture roughly corresponding to fate or personal destiny. The word is ancestral to Modern English weird, which retains its original meaning only dialectally. The cognate …

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  • 83Symbel — A drinking scene on an image stone from Gotland, in the Swedish Museum of National Antiquities in Stockholm. See Symbel (band) for the British band. Symbel (OE) and sumbl (ON) are Germanic terms for feast, banquet . Paul C. Bauschatz in 1976… …

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  • 84Fetcham — infobox UK place country = England latitude= 51.289 longitude= 0.354 official name= Fetcham map type= Surrey population = 8,300 shire district= Mole Valley shire county = Surrey region= South East England constituency westminster= Mole Valley… …

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  • 85Maypole — This article is about the tall wooden pole. For other uses, see Maypole (disambiguation). Dancing around the maypole, in Åmmeberg, Sweden A maypole is a tall wooden pole erected as a part of various European folk festivals, particularly on May… …

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  • 86Thing (assembly) — Folkmoot redirects here. For the festival, see Folkmoot USA. Further information: Medieval Scandinavian laws Germanic thing, drawn after the depiction in a relief of the Column of Marcus Aurelius (AD 193) A thing (Old Norse, Old English and Ice …

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  • 87Stirrup — For the bone, see stapes. For other uses of the word stirrup, see Stirrup (disambiguation). The stirrup is a ring with a flat bottom fixed on a leather strap, usually hung from each side of a saddle by an adjustable strap to create a footrest for …

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  • 88Ēostre — Ostara redirects here. For other uses, see Ostara (disambiguation). Ostara (1884) by Johannes Gehrts. The goddess flies through the he …

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  • 89Origins for Beowulf and Hrólf Kraki — Hrólf Kraki Tradition Hrólf Kraki s saga Ynglinga saga Lejre Chronicle Gesta Danorum Beowulf …

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  • 90Anglo-Norman — The Anglo Normans were mainly the descendants of the Normans who ruled England following the conquest by William of Normandy in 1066, although a few Normans were already in England before the conquest. Following the Battle of Hastings, the… …

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