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| − | Reekwater: from ''The Home of the Eddas: With a chapter on the Sprengisandr'' by Charles George Warnford Lock, 1879, p. 92: "From Hamrar again the way leads through the swampy valley of the Reekwater, crossing and recrossing the sinuous stream more than a dozen times." Reekwater is Lock's anglicized term for a stream called Reykjadalsá, near the village of Reykholt in Western Iceland. | + | Reekwater: from ''The Home of the Eddas: With a chapter on the Sprengisandr'' by Charles George Warnford Lock, 1879, p. 92: "From Hamrar again the way leads through the swampy valley of the Reekwater, crossing and recrossing the sinuous stream more than a dozen times." Reekwater is Lock's anglicized term for a stream called Reykjadalsá, near the village of Reykholt in Western Iceland. |
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| + | riekwater (Flemish slang): perfume (literally, smelly water) | ||
waterbeker (Dutch): water beaker or goblet | waterbeker (Dutch): water beaker or goblet | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:20, 26 April 2007
Reekwater: from The Home of the Eddas: With a chapter on the Sprengisandr by Charles George Warnford Lock, 1879, p. 92: "From Hamrar again the way leads through the swampy valley of the Reekwater, crossing and recrossing the sinuous stream more than a dozen times." Reekwater is Lock's anglicized term for a stream called Reykjadalsá, near the village of Reykholt in Western Iceland.
riekwater (Flemish slang): perfume (literally, smelly water)
waterbeker (Dutch): water beaker or goblet
