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+ | * '''coxcomb:''' (''Archaic'') a vain person, dandy; a fool (describing Jarl von Hoother? - note his now elevated title → [[von]]) | ||
* '''flackering from the hillcombs:''' St Patrick's foreknowledge of the three orders of Irish saints is said to have resulted from three visions: (1) Ireland all ablaze ([[Page_21|FW 021.16-17]]); (2) only the mountains on fire; (3) lamps lit in the valley ([[Page_22|FW 022.27-28]]) | * '''flackering from the hillcombs:''' St Patrick's foreknowledge of the three orders of Irish saints is said to have resulted from three visions: (1) Ireland all ablaze ([[Page_21|FW 021.16-17]]); (2) only the mountains on fire; (3) lamps lit in the valley ([[Page_22|FW 022.27-28]]) |
Latest revision as of 23:34, 12 February 2020
- hillcrests
- combe: valley
- cock’s comb
- coxcomb: (Archaic) a vain person, dandy; a fool (describing Jarl von Hoother? - note his now elevated title → von)
- flackering from the hillcombs: St Patrick's foreknowledge of the three orders of Irish saints is said to have resulted from three visions: (1) Ireland all ablaze (FW 021.16-17); (2) only the mountains on fire; (3) lamps lit in the valley (FW 022.27-28)