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Einstaklega áhugaverð grein eftir Jeff Jarvis [...]
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Watson of Dalkeith, also in 1661, said 'that the Deivill apeired vnto her in the liknes of ane prettie boy, in grein clothes ....
The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology Margaret Alice Murray 1913
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Devill apeired vnto her, in the liknes of ane prettie boy, in grein clothes.
The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology Margaret Alice Murray 1913
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I remember not all the Spritis names; bot thair is on called Swein, quhilk waitis wpon the said Margret Wilson in Aulderne; he is still [always] clothed in grass-grein.
The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology Margaret Alice Murray 1913
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That thair cam tua men to her ane cled in blak and the uther with ane grein tartane plaid about him And that the man with the plaid said to her she was ane prettie And he wald lerne her to ken and sie ony thing she wald desyre ....
The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology Margaret Alice Murray 1913
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Margret Wilson; he is a yowng-lyk Devill, clothed still in grass-grein ....
The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology Margaret Alice Murray 1913
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It may, however, be traced with little doubt to the old Norse 'grein,' a branch or prong, surviving in the word
Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX. 1888
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The principal signs of the order are indicated by the letters S.S.G.G., signifying _stock, stein, gras, grein_ (stick, stone, grass, tears), though no one has been able to trace the mysterious meaning these words convey as symbols of the mystic power of the ancient _Vehm gericht_.
Historical Tales, Vol 5 (of 15) The Romance of Reality, German Charles Morris 1877
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[15] 'Whose eidant plead yet made my thoughtis grein:' whose close disputation made my thoughts yearn.
Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Complete George Gilfillan 1845
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Whose eidant plead yet made my thoughtis grein, [15]
Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Complete George Gilfillan 1845
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