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* The blond invaders ("[[comely norgels]]," or Norse) desire the brunette women of Ireland.
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* '''The blond invaders ([[comely norgels]] or Norse) desire the brunette women of Ireland''' → does this refer to the coming of Norse settlers to Ireland?
**''Irish'' finn: white, pale, fair (e.g. fair hair → Finnegan = fairheaded  
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**HCE is Scandanavian
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* '''Finngaill:''' (''Irish'') "fair-haired foreigner" → term used in Irish annals to refer to the earliest wave of Norsemen (probably of Norwegian origin) to settle in Dublin → Finnegan = fairheaded → [[HCE]] has Scandinavian ancestry
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* '''aufsuchen:''' (''German'') to hunt up
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* '''brune:''' (''French'') darkhaired → '''Dubgaill''' (''Irish'') "black-haired foreigner" → term used in Irish annals to refer to the second wave of Norsemen (probably of Danish or Anglo-Danish origin) to settle in Dublin
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[[Category:Irish phrases]]
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[[Category:German phrases]]

Latest revision as of 07:24, 2 November 2010

  • The blond invaders (comely norgels or Norse) desire the brunette women of Ireland → does this refer to the coming of Norse settlers to Ireland?
  • Finngaill: (Irish) "fair-haired foreigner" → term used in Irish annals to refer to the earliest wave of Norsemen (probably of Norwegian origin) to settle in Dublin → Finnegan = fairheaded → HCE has Scandinavian ancestry
  • aufsuchen: (German) to hunt up
  • brune: (French) darkhaired → Dubgaill (Irish) "black-haired foreigner" → term used in Irish annals to refer to the second wave of Norsemen (probably of Danish or Anglo-Danish origin) to settle in Dublin