Difference between revisions of "The blond has sought of the brune"
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* '''Finngaill:''' (''Irish'') "fair-haired foreigner" → term used in Irish annals to refer to the earliest wave of Norse settlers (probably of Norwegian origin) to settle in Dublin → Finnegan = fairheaded → [[HCE]] has Scandinavian ancestry | * '''Finngaill:''' (''Irish'') "fair-haired foreigner" → term used in Irish annals to refer to the earliest wave of Norse settlers (probably of Norwegian origin) to settle in Dublin → Finnegan = fairheaded → [[HCE]] has Scandinavian ancestry | ||
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Revision as of 09:26, 25 January 2007
- The blond invaders (comely norgels or Norse) desire the brunette women of Ireland
- Finngaill: (Irish) "fair-haired foreigner" → term used in Irish annals to refer to the earliest wave of Norse settlers (probably of Norwegian origin) to settle in Dublin → Finnegan = fairheaded → HCE has Scandinavian ancestry
- aufsuchen: (German) to hunt up
