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- noun Plural form of
Easterling .
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Danes and Normans, called Easterlings, made many descents on the Irish coast; and one Norwegian chief is reported to have assumed sovereign power in Ireland about the year 866, though he was afterwards deposed, and flung into a lough, where he was drowned: rather an ignominious death for a "sea-king."
Visit to Iceland Ida Pfeiffer 1827
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These remnants of the "Easterlings," a term which now survives only in "sterling," were mostly small brigs of some two hundred tons, noticeable mainly for their want of sheer; that is, their rails, and presumably their decks, were level, without rise at the extremities such as most vessels show.
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Novgorod in one direction, and in another to the Steelyard in London, where the pound of these honest "Easterlings" was adopted as the
The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest John Fiske 1871
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But Las Casas also gives the story of the pirates, and adds the information that they were "Easterlings," though he cannot say of what nation, i.e. whether Dutch, German, or perhaps Danes.
The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest John Fiske 1871
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"Easterlings" (subsequently known as the Hanse Merchants of the
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I want to punch all those Easterlings in the face for interrupting the rabbit stew in Two Towers.
5 Best Food Scenes 2009
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In the time of Cirion, steward of Gondor, they helped the Men of Gondor rout a great invasion of the Easterlings at the Field of Celebrant.
superversive: Gondor, Byzantium, and Feudalism superversive 2010
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Under pressure from the Easterlings, they removed to the headwaters of the Anduin west of Mirkwood, and later moved south.
superversive: Gondor, Byzantium, and Feudalism superversive 2010
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The sort of person who wishes Lord of the Rings was twice as long so as to tell tales of the Southrons and Easterlings or to allow the Fellowship to travel to alternate planes to find ancestors of an earlier age.
Books for the road Tripp 2009
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Polacks, Danskers, and Easterlings: and by, reason I had bene a lidger in Russia, I could the better reply and proue, that their owne nations and the Italians were most guiltie of the accusations written by the king of Poland.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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