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  2. Names of God in Old English poetry - Wikipedia

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    "eternal Lord" Cædmon's hymn [3] dryhntes dreamas "the joys of the Lord" The Seafarer [4] heofones Dryhten "heaven's Lord" The Dream of the Rood [5] Ealdor [6] "Prince" wuldres Ealdor "Prince of Glory" The Dream of the Rood [7] Fæder "Father" Heahfæder "Highfather" The Dream of the Rood: Wuldorfæder "Glorious Father" Cædmon's hymn: Frea [8 ...

  3. Milord - Wikipedia

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    Milord (French:) is a term for an Englishman, especially a noble, traveling in Continental Europe.The term was used in both French and English from the 16th century. It derives ultimately from the English phrase "my lord", which was borrowed into Middle French as millourt or milor, meaning a noble or rich man.

  4. Category:Archaic words and phrases - Wikipedia

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    Archaic English words and phrases (1 C, 19 P) L. Latin words and phrases (22 C, 379 P) P. Pali words and phrases (36 P) S. Sanskrit words and phrases (5 C, 318 P)

  5. Names of God - Wikipedia

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    A diagram of the names of God in Athanasius Kircher's Oedipus Aegyptiacus (1652–1654). The style and form are typical of the mystical tradition, as early theologians began to fuse emerging pre-Enlightenment concepts of classification and organization with religion and alchemy, to shape an artful and perhaps more conceptual view of God.

  6. God (word) - Wikipedia

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    Alternative suggestions (e.g. by De Saussure) connect *dhu̯es-"smoke, spirit", attested in Baltic and Germanic words for "spook" and ultimately cognate with Latin fumus "smoke." The earliest attested form of the word is the Mycenaean Greek te-o [10] (plural te-o-i [11]), written in Linear B syllabic script.

  7. Anax - Wikipedia

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    Archaic inscription [...]Ι ϜΑΝΑΚΤΙ ([...]i wanakti, "to the king") on ceramic fragment, here shown upside down; a warrior bearing a spear and mounted on a horse is also depicted. Anax ( Greek : ἄναξ ; from earlier ϝάναξ , wánax ) is an ancient Greek word for " tribal chief , lord (military) leader". [ 1 ]

  8. EN (cuneiform) - Wikipedia

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    En (Borger 2003 nr. 164 ; U+12097 𒂗, see also Ensí) is the Sumerian cuneiform for 'lord/lady' or 'priest[ess]'. Originally, it seems to have been used to designate a high priest or priestess of a Sumerian city-state 's patron-deity [ 2 ] – a position that entailed political power as well.

  9. List of English words of Old English origin - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of English words inherited and derived directly from the Old English stage of the language. This list also includes neologisms formed from Old English roots and/or particles in later forms of English, and words borrowed into other languages (e.g. French, Anglo-French, etc.) then borrowed back into English (e.g. bateau, chiffon, gourmet, nordic, etc.).