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- noun Plural form of
Ostman .
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Examples
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We must not forget to issue clogs to all the G.P. Ostmen who are foing great things somewhere and also we must not forget to Post Early for Christsake.
A Spaniard in the Works John Lennon 2000
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The advanced guard reunited with Ostmen and Orkneyers in the
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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-- Like most of the Munster seaboard towns, it was built by the Danes; and it was the cock-pit of the fights between the Ostmen and the warlike clans who followed O'Brien's banner in the early centuries.
The Sunny Side of Ireland How to see it by the Great Southern and Western Railway Robert Lloyd Praeger 1909
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Besides, throughout the country of the Danes and Ostmen, there is nowhere to be found an example of architectural splendor such as is displayed in the construction of these columns.
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The Ostmen of Cork attacked them by sea, but failed to conquer.
An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 Mary Frances Cusack 1864
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Ireland, to the Ostmen, or Irish Danes men at Dublin, Waterford, or Cork, and marry some beautiful Irish Princess with gray eyes, and raven locks, and saffron smock, and great gold bracelets from her native hills.
Hereward, the Last of the English Charles Kingsley 1847
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Hereward offered to make up their loss to them if they would set sail at once; and they, feeling that the place would be for some time to come too hot to hold them, and being also in high delight, like honest Ostmen, with Hereward's prowess, agreed to sail straight for Waterford, and complete their cargo there.
Hereward, the Last of the English Charles Kingsley 1847
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Scandinavian conquerors, under the appellation of Ostmen, or Eastmen, possessed of all the maritime cities, carried on an extensive and lucrative commerce, not only with their native land, but also with other places in the west of Europe.
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The commerce of Ireland, when its ports were frequented by the Ostmen, has been already noticed.
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Gilchrist, William, & John Gilmorys, with other Ostmen in the County of Waterford, peculiar privileges; &, by the rolls of Edw.
The Norwegian account of Haco's expedition against Scotland, A.D. MCCLXIII. 1214-1284 Sturla ����r��arson 1249
dogdoc commented on the word Ostmen
used by the English in Ireland between the 12th and 14th centuries to refer to Norse–Gaelic people living there
August 20, 2024