Frey Sentence Examples

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  • Milne-Edwards removed the Polyzoa; the group was soon further thinned by the exclusion of the Protozoa on the one hand and the Entozoa on the other; while in 1848 Leuckart and Frey clearly distinguished the Coelenterata from the Echinodermata as a separate sub-kingdom, thus condemning the usage by which the term still continued to be applied to these two groups at least.

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  • The Inguaeones again are defined as being " next to the ocean "; but the name can be traced only in Denmark and Sweden, where we find the eponymous hero Ing and the god Yngvi (Frey) respectively.

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  • Indeed, such may very well have been the case with Frey, the chief god of the North after Thor and Odin.

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  • The origin of the family is traced to the god Frey, son of Niorar, who is said to have founded Upsala, the ancient capital of Sweden.

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  • Their father, Niiir6r, the god of wealth, who is a somewhat less important figure, corresponds in name to the goddess Nerthus (Hertha), who in ancient times was worshipped by a number of tribes, including the Angli, round the coasts of the southern Baltic. Tacitus describes her as " Mother Earth," and the account which he gives of her cult bears a somewhat remarkable resemblance to the ceremonies associated in later times with Frey.

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  • His name connects him, too, with the god Frey, who was also called Yngvifreyr and Ingunarfreyr, and he must at one time have been closely associated with Nerthus.

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  • The royal family of Norway claimed descent from Frey, and many royal families, both English and Northern, from Woden (Odin).

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  • So we find Freyia's priest described as her husband and Frey's priestess as his wife, and there is no reason for regarding such cases as exceptional.

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  • Ska61, the wife of Nior6r, and Ger6r, the wife of Frey, were the daughters of the giants Thiazi and Gymir respectively, though SkaNi is always reckoned as a goddess.

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  • A space apparently partitioned off contained figures of Thor or Frey and perhaps other gods, together with an altar on which burned a perpetual fire.

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  • Within a few weeks of his return (July 7th, 1494) Diirer was married, according to an arrangement apparently made between the parents during his absence, to Agnes Frey, the daughter of a well-to-do merchant of the city.

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  • It is stated in the saga that the Swedish kings were believed to have control over the seasons like their ancestor, the god Frey, and traces of this belief seem to have lingered in the country down to the times of Gustavus Vasa.

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  • Thor, Odin and Fricco (by whom he probably means Frey).

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  • Hofmann and Claus Frey, an anabaptist, were detained in prison, a measure due to the terror excited by the Minster episode of 1533-1534.

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  • Among them were Earl Hrollaug (half-brother of Hrolf Ganger and of the first earl of Orkney), Hialti, Hrafnkell Frey's priest, and the sons of Asbiorn.

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  • They had found Mr Frey selling counterfeit DVDs that included films that had only just gone on general release in the cinema.

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  • The other functionality dave Frey mentioned is probably just round the corner, in some form or another.

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  • People who learn from history won't be so shocked by James Frey and his fictional memoir, A Million Little Lies.

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  • Of tales relating to the east there survive the Weapon-firth cycle - the tales of Thorstein the White (c. 900), of Thorstein the Staffsmitten (c. 985), of Gunnar Thidrand's Bane (1000-1008) and of the Weapon firth Men (975-990), all relating to the family of Hof and their friends and kin for several generations - and the story of Hrafnkell Frey's Priest (c. 960), the most idyllic of sagas and best of the eastern tales.

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  • Walter relied on family friends, the Frey Brothers, who owned another local business, Germania Wine and Brandy Company.

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  • Glenn Frey (guitar and keyboard), Bernie Leadon (guitar, mandolin and banjo) and Randy Meisner (bassist) had been playing as a band with Linda Ronstadt until they met up with drummer Don Henley and decided to form their own band in 1971.

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  • Since then, The Eagles have released a few singles, with their current line-up of Frey, Walsh, Schmit and Henley, accompanied by backing musicians for large performances. 2006 tour venues have already been set.

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