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The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
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"A se'nnight", the space of seven nights; as we still say, "a fortnight", i.e. the space of fourteen nights. The French express the space of one week by "huit jours", the origin of the "octave" in English law; of two by "quinte jours". So "septimana" signifies "seven mornings"; whence the French word "semaine".
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Literally, "woned". Vid Chaucer, "Canterbury Tales", v. 7745. In Scotland, a lazy indolent manner of doing anything is called "droning".
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The Abbot Henry of Angeli.
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"Thou shalt destroy them that speak `leasing,'" etc. "Psalms".
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i.e. Vexed, harassed, fatigued, etc. Milton has used the word in the last sense.
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The monastery of Angeli.
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Aurora Borealis, or the northern lights.
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"Any restless manoeuvre or stratagem." Both words occur in Chaucer. See "Troilus and Criseyde", v. 1355, and "Canterbury Tales", v. 16549. The idea seems to be taken from the habits of destructive and undermining vermin.
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Now called "Good-Friday".
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The tower of the castle at Oxford, built by D'Oyley, which still remains.
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The MS. is here deficient.
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Or Vaudeville.
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