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  • In less relevant changes, Leire Paj í n will take over the health affairs ministry, Ram ó n J á uregui moves to the prime minister's office ministry and Rosa Aguilar goes to the environment ministry.

    Spain's Premier Shuffles Cabinet David Roman 2010

  • Helge, when he heard this, shut up his son Rolf in Leire, wishing, however he might have managed his own fortunes, to see to the safety of his heir.

    The Danish History, Books I-IX Grammaticus Saxo

  • After this he overthrew Hunding and Rorik, seized Leire, and reunited the dismembered realm of Denmark into its original shape.

    The Danish History, Books I-IX Grammaticus Saxo

  • So the vessels were loaded with the mass of pretended tribute, and they proceeded to Leire, a town which Rolf had built and adorned with the richest treasure of his realm, and which, being a royal foundation and

    The Danish History, Books I-IX Grammaticus Saxo

  • Jutland and defrauded the King of Leire, who had the sole privilege of giving and taking away the rights of high offices.

    The Danish History, Books I-IX Grammaticus Saxo

  • These men voyaged to Leire with bodies armed for war; but they were also mighty in excellence of wit, and their trained courage matched their great stature; for they had skill in discharging arrows both from bow and catapult, and at fighting their foe as they commonly did, man to man; and also at readily stringing together verse in the speech of their country: so zealously had they trained mind and body alike.

    The Danish History, Books I-IX Grammaticus Saxo

  • Scandinavian tradition he is specially associated with the ancient royal residence at Leire in Sjaelland.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various

  • He also ordered that the ashes of his body, when it was quite burnt, should be transferred to an urn, taken to Leire, and there, together with the horse and armour, receive a royal funeral.

    The Danish History, Books I-IX Grammaticus Saxo

  • Leire: in the territory of the Fir Roiss, in the south of the County Antrim

    The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge Unknown

  • Leire came Hortar (Hjort) and Borrhy (Borgar or Borgny), and also Belgi and Beigad, to whom were added Bari and Toli.

    The Danish History, Books I-IX Grammaticus Saxo

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