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- and is now an autonomous region of the Danish state. The Faroe Islands ... had become the dominant power there. The Danish East India Company was established ...10 KB (1,462 words) - 22:08, 25 January 2024
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- text=Sigrid Undset (May 20, 1882 – June 10, 1949) was a Danish-born Norwegian novelist. Born in Denmark and raised in Norway, Undset had her ...762 bytes (109 words) - 19:59, 27 July 2023
- Sigrid Undset was an early twentieth century Danish author. While Danish, she moved to Norway at the age of two and spent the majority of her ...888 bytes (147 words) - 00:24, 25 July 2023
File:800px-US-hoosier-family.jpg Typical extended middle-class U.S. family from Indiana of Danish/German extraction. The woman in the lavender print dress is the 87-year-old ...(800 × 600 (243 KB)) - 23:12, 27 May 2020- Århus – September 19, 1710, Copenhagen) was a Danish astronomer who demonstrated that light had a finite speed by measuring apparent changes in the ...652 bytes (96 words) - 16:13, 27 January 2021
- game), Eequivalent to game + -le. Compare Old Danish gammel, Middle High German gamel (pleasure; fun). ==Noun== gambling (usually uncountable ...835 bytes (106 words) - 16:29, 31 October 2023
- and is now an autonomous region of the Danish state. The Faroe Islands ... had become the dominant power there. The Danish East India Company was established ...10 KB (1,462 words) - 22:08, 25 January 2024
- female), German Weib (woman, wife, female), Danish viv (wife, woman), Norwegian viv (wife, woman, girl), Swedish viv (woman), Faroese vív (wife, woman ...1 KB (180 words) - 19:40, 30 September 2023
- Frisian fiedsel (food), Dutch voedsel (food), Danish føde (food), Swedish föda (food), Icelandic fæða, fæði (food), Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 ...2 KB (198 words) - 23:43, 25 June 2023
- German Längde, Längd, Längte, Längt (length), Danish længde (length), Swedish längd (length), Icelandic lengd (length). ==Noun== ...2 KB (215 words) - 20:46, 5 March 2024
- * Danish * Dutch ** Standard ** Orsmaal-Gussenhoven dialect * English ** Australian ** General American ** New Zealand ** Received Pronunciation ...5 KB (471 words) - 00:38, 18 February 2023
- Sweerd, Schwert (sword), German Schwert (sword), Danish sværd, Norwegian sverd, Swedish svärd (sword), Icelandic sverð (sword), Old East Slavic свьрдьлъ ...2 KB (202 words) - 00:16, 1 February 2024
- Cognate with Scots flude, Dutch vloed, German Flut, Danish flod, Icelandic flóð. ==Noun== flood (plural floods) # A (usually disastrous) overflow ...2 KB (199 words) - 18:58, 1 July 2023
- , German Waffe (weapon) and Wappen (coat of arms), Danish våben (weapon, coat of arms), Swedish vapen (weapon, coat of arms), Norwegian Bokmål våpen ...2 KB (222 words) - 19:28, 31 March 2024
- kleding (clothing), German Kleidung (clothing), Danish klædning (clothing, dress, attire), Swedish klädning (dress). Doublet of the dialectal English ...2 KB (223 words) - 19:17, 31 March 2024
- German Sänger, German Sänger (“singer”), Danish sanger, Swedish sångare, Icelandic söngvari. ===Noun=== singer (plural singers) ...2 KB (188 words) - 15:37, 1 September 2023
- Frisian and Dutch wolf, German Wolf, Norwegian and Danish ulv; also Sanskrit वृक or vṛ́ka, Persian گرگ or gorg, Lithuanian vilkas, Russian ...2 KB (292 words) - 19:25, 31 October 2023
- , Dutch winter (winter), German Winter (winter), Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian vinter (winter), Icelandic vetur (winter). ==Noun== ...2 KB (303 words) - 20:13, 30 September 2023
- Germanic origin. Probably from or related to Danish fog (“spray, shower, drift, storm”), related to Icelandic fok (“spray, any light thing tossed ...2 KB (287 words) - 20:27, 2 July 2023
- The elder Frederick, a Danish military officer, had been one (and perhaps the foremost) of the candidates of Christian VIII of Denmark to succeed ...7 KB (1,132 words) - 07:09, 6 June 2021
- Canute (or Cnut) I, or Canute the Great (Old Norse: Knútr inn ríki, Danish: Knud den Store, Norwegian: Knut den mektige) (994/995 – November ...11 KB (1,794 words) - 19:28, 25 November 2023
