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- noun archaic, historical One of the
Danish settlers inIreland .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Viking earldoms in Caithness, in the Orkneys and the Shetlands, in Man and the Hebrides, and on the coast of Ireland, where the Ostman colonies grew into kingdoms.
Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern Discovery, 1394-1460 A.D. With an Account of Geographical Progress Throughout the Middle Ages As the Preparation for His Work. C. Raymond Beazley 1911
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"Normandy" from Charles the Simple, by the Treaty of Clair-sur-Epte; as early as 840 was founded the first Norse or Ostman kingdom in Ireland, and in 878 the Norse earldom of the Orkneys, while about the same time the first Vikings seem to have reached the White Sea and the extreme
Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern Discovery, 1394-1460 A.D. With an Account of Geographical Progress Throughout the Middle Ages As the Preparation for His Work. C. Raymond Beazley 1911
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You need to be told something that your eyes would not tell you, and that is, that the poor lass is betrothed already to a son of old King Ranald the Ostman, of Waterford, son of old
Hereward, the Last of the English Charles Kingsley 1847
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After ongoing arguments with her daughter over her relationship with Frank moving too fast, Melissa Ostman took her daughter to the local police station and reported Frank for having sex with a minor in an attempt to throw a scare into him.
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A day later, Ostman returned to rescind her complaint, but it was too late.
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"If I had known the implications,'' Ostman told Marie Claire, "I wouldn't have done it.''
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Executives: George Lee, president and CEO; Tom McCullough, executive vice president; John Ostman, vice president, sales and marketing 2011 revenue: Close to $10 million projected.
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No one from WKU covered third despite a throw being made and Ostman rounded third, poised to score.
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Mary Ostman (Northbrook, Ill.) came in to run for Collett and Hill would pop up for the first out of the inning.
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(West Caldwell, N.J.) lineout, Ostman broke for third.
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