Difference between revisions of "Swete and brack"
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* '''svet:''' (''Russian'') light | * '''svet:''' (''Russian'') light | ||
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| + | * '''brak:''' (''Russian'') marriage → [[droit of signory]] | ||
* '''white and black''' → [[L/R split]] | * '''white and black''' → [[L/R split]] | ||
Revision as of 04:05, 8 April 2007
- sweet and brackish: the fresh water of the River Liffey and the salt water of Dublin Bay, which merge in the river's estuary
- svet: (Russian) light
- brak: (Russian) marriage → droit of signory
- white and black → L/R split
- Finngaill and Dubhgaill: (Irish) "white foreigners" and "black foreigners" → generic names for the Norwegian and Danish settlers in Ireland
