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** '''ech:''' (''Old Irish'') horse | ** '''ech:''' (''Old Irish'') horse | ||
| − | * '''elk:''' the Irish Elk (''Megaloceros giganteus'') is an extinct deer that lived in Eurasia during the Pliocene, Pleistocene, and Holocene epochs. It is famous for its formidable size (about two meters or 6½' at the shoulders), and in particular for having the largest antlers of any known cervid (a maximum of 4 metres or 13 feet from tip to tip). Large numbers of skeleton have been found in Irish bogs. A significant collection of Irish Elk skeletons can be found at the Natural History Museum in Dublin | + | * '''elk:''' the Irish Elk (''Megaloceros giganteus'') is an extinct deer that lived in Eurasia during the Pliocene, Pleistocene, and Holocene epochs. It is famous for its formidable size (about two meters or 6½' at the shoulders), and in particular for having the largest antlers of any known cervid (a maximum of 4 metres or 13 feet from tip to tip). Large numbers of skeleton have been found in Irish bogs. A significant collection of Irish Elk skeletons can be found at the Natural History Museum in Dublin → cf. other species of hoofed ruminants in this passage: [[Pricket's_sister|Pricket]], [[Fredeland|Eland]], [[Dik|Dik Dik]], [[Hind]], many of which can also be seen in the National History Museum |
* '''charged him:''' billed him → there is a foliation of commercial terms in this passage | * '''charged him:''' billed him → there is a foliation of commercial terms in this passage | ||
Latest revision as of 06:55, 17 January 2007
- E.. c...... h..: ECH → another version of HCE's trigram
- ech: (Old Irish) horse
- elk: the Irish Elk (Megaloceros giganteus) is an extinct deer that lived in Eurasia during the Pliocene, Pleistocene, and Holocene epochs. It is famous for its formidable size (about two meters or 6½' at the shoulders), and in particular for having the largest antlers of any known cervid (a maximum of 4 metres or 13 feet from tip to tip). Large numbers of skeleton have been found in Irish bogs. A significant collection of Irish Elk skeletons can be found at the Natural History Museum in Dublin → cf. other species of hoofed ruminants in this passage: Pricket, Eland, Dik Dik, Hind, many of which can also be seen in the National History Museum
- charged him: billed him → there is a foliation of commercial terms in this passage
