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| − | * '''Hoo:''' used in placenames in England, referring to coastal peninsulas and promontories | + | * '''Hoo:''' used in placenames in England, referring to coastal peninsulas and promontories → Howth is a peninsula |
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| + | * '''Hu:''' ancient Egyptian deity, a deification of the first word, the word of creation, which Atum uttered upon ejaculating the world into existence | ||
* '''cave:''' (''Latin'') beware! | * '''cave:''' (''Latin'') beware! | ||
Revision as of 09:45, 30 September 2011
- HCE
- who
- Hoo: used in placenames in England, referring to coastal peninsulas and promontories → Howth is a peninsula
- Hu: ancient Egyptian deity, a deification of the first word, the word of creation, which Atum uttered upon ejaculating the world into existence
- cave: (Latin) beware!
- din: a loud noise → the Viconian thunder referred to in the next line?
- caved-in earthworks
- wight: person
- earthquake: this phrase refers to Earth, the first of the four Classical Elements; the following three phrases refer to the three other elements
