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- noun Plural form of
Northman .
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Examples
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Northmen from a Swedish barque, Japanese from a man-of-war,
Moon and Sixpence 1919
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The Union has problems on two fronts - Bethod and his Northmen, which is a problem for the Dogman, Logen and West.
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Last Argument Of Kings - Joe Abercrombie Blue Tyson 2008
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Indeed, the army of the Northmen was a thing to blush for; for an enemy crushed it by borrowing the aid of a brute.
The Danish History, Books I-IX Grammaticus Saxo
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During this period the Northmen were the masters of the sea, as far as western Europe was concerned.
Early European History Hutton Webster
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It was back in the tenth century, when the mighty fair-haired warriors of Norway and Sweden and Denmark, whom the people of Southern Europe called the Northmen, were becoming known and dreaded throughout the world.
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Jodd and the Northmen are the point of the spear, its handle is Constantine, and the hands that hold it are the
The Wanderer's Necklace Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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Those Scandinavian freebooters called Northmen, and later Normans, were the scourge of the kingdom.
A Short History of France Mary Platt Parmele 1877
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The conditions upon which was engrafted this compact were of great antiquity, had indeed been brought across the Rhine by the German conquerors; but the Northmen were the impelling cause of the swift development of feudalism in France.
A Short History of France Mary Platt Parmele 1877
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The Northmen were a memorable race, and English character, especially its maritime element, received in them
Lectures and Essays Goldwin Smith 1866
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Among the leaders of the Northmen were the terrible brothers Ingrar and Ubba, fired, if the Norse legend may be trusted, by revenge as well as by the love of plunder and horror; for they were the sons of that Ragnar
Lectures and Essays Goldwin Smith 1866
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