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Page 433
... means the devil himself ; lêtha wihti , 76 , 15 ; wrêda wihti 76 , 1. In Lower Saxony wicht is said , quite in a good sense , of little children in the Münster country dat wicht ' holds especially of girls , about Osnabrück the sing ...
... means the devil himself ; lêtha wihti , 76 , 15 ; wrêda wihti 76 , 1. In Lower Saxony wicht is said , quite in a good sense , of little children in the Münster country dat wicht ' holds especially of girls , about Osnabrück the sing ...
Page 441
... means the devil himself ; lêtha wihti , 76 , 15 ; wrêda wihti 76 , 1. In Lower Saxony wicht is said , quite in a good sense , of little children : in the Münster country ' dat wicht ' holds especially of girls , about Osnabrück the sing ...
... means the devil himself ; lêtha wihti , 76 , 15 ; wrêda wihti 76 , 1. In Lower Saxony wicht is said , quite in a good sense , of little children : in the Münster country ' dat wicht ' holds especially of girls , about Osnabrück the sing ...
Page 446
... mean ' angels , kinsmen of the combatants coming up from hades , and devils . ' No such warlike part is ever played ... means a hünenkleed ( ch . XVIII . ) ; conf . also the hünnerskes , and perhaps the haunken , or aunken in the Westph ...
... mean ' angels , kinsmen of the combatants coming up from hades , and devils . ' No such warlike part is ever played ... means a hünenkleed ( ch . XVIII . ) ; conf . also the hünnerskes , and perhaps the haunken , or aunken in the Westph ...
Page 447
... , combing her hair , and whoever catches her doing so , must marry her at once , or die in three days ( Ville- marqué 1 , 17 ) . The Welsh cawr means a giant . teaze men ; but they are not therefore devils , ELVES , DWARFS . 447.
... , combing her hair , and whoever catches her doing so , must marry her at once , or die in three days ( Ville- marqué 1 , 17 ) . The Welsh cawr means a giant . teaze men ; but they are not therefore devils , ELVES , DWARFS . 447.
Page 450
... means one of small stature , not quite a dwarf ? Finn . peukalo , a thumbling , Kalew . 13 , 67 ; mies peni , pikku mies , little man three fingers high 13 , 63-8 . 24 , 144.- -For dwarf the MHG . has also der kurze man , ' Wigal . 6593 ...
... means one of small stature , not quite a dwarf ? Finn . peukalo , a thumbling , Kalew . 13 , 67 ; mies peni , pikku mies , little man three fingers high 13 , 63-8 . 24 , 144.- -For dwarf the MHG . has also der kurze man , ' Wigal . 6593 ...
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