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- 17:02, 28 July 2023 Cockburn (hist) [471 bytes] PeterWilson (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Cockburn''' is a surname, now more common perhaps in Scotland than in England. It is derived from a place-name in the Scots Borders county (formerly Berwicksbir...")
- 10:43, 16 June 2023 Hull (disambig) (hist) [2,771 bytes] DavidWalker (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "The word ''''hull'''' may be used ''either'' as a noun ''or'' as a verb, while 'Hull', with an initial capital, may be ''either'' a place name ''or'' a surname. A...")
- 17:58, 28 May 2023 Cochrane (pronunciation) (hist) [898 bytes] PeterWilson (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "The surname '''Cochrane''' (originally Scots, and derived from a Scottish place-name) is pronounced with the stress on the first syllable, reducing the vowel in the second...")
- 14:50, 21 May 2023 Withernsea (hist) [92 bytes] PeterWilson (Talk | contribs) (Created page with " {{wip}} Category:names Category:etymology Category:Hull local knowledge??")
- 18:37, 14 May 2023 Feudal system (hist) [3,411 bytes] DavidWalker (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Contemporary English still uses a number of words which originally referred to different elements in or aspects of the '''feudal system''', i.e., the social and legal system...")
- 17:37, 12 May 2023 Hornsea - Hornsey (hist) [1,135 bytes] PeterWilson (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Two English place-names can be - and have been - confused. '''Hornsea''' is a coastal town in the East Riding of Yorkshire. It is about 15 miles east of Hull, and lies be...")
- 10:46, 11 April 2023 Benedictus benedicat (hist) [614 bytes] DavidWalker (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''''Benedictus benedicat''''' ('''''per Jesum Christum dominum nostrum'''''), i.e., 'May the blessed one bless [this meal] (through Jesus Christ, our Lord)', is a short pray...")
- 10:54, 22 March 2023 Calque (hist) [1,954 bytes] DavidWalker (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "A '''calque''' - pronounced {{IPA|kælk}} - is a word or phrase which translates a word or phrase in another language and has constituent parts which translate the correspond...")
- 12:13, 13 March 2023 Non compos mentis (hist) [17 bytes] DavidWalker (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Compos mentis")
- 11:55, 13 March 2023 Compos mentis (hist) [1,198 bytes] DavidWalker (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "The Latin phrase '''''compos mentis''''', which translates literally as 'in control of one's mind', may be used to mean 'of sound mind' or 'in control of one's actions', w...")
- 17:23, 5 March 2023 Eikon Basilike (hist) [7 bytes] PeterWilson (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{wip}}")
- 16:39, 5 March 2023 Herrin, 2007 (hist) [103 bytes] PeterWilson (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{biblio}} Judith Herrin, (2007) ''Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire'' (Allen Lane)") originally created as "Judith Herrin, Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire (Allen Lane, 2007)"
- 10:44, 27 February 2023 Oderint dum metuant (hist) [926 bytes] DavidWalker (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''''Oderint dum metuant''''' means 'Let them hate (me) as long as (or provided that) they (also) fear (me)'. The sentence is a quotation from Lucius Accius (or Attius) (179-c...")
- 16:32, 15 February 2023 Tabula rasa (hist) [1,445 bytes] DavidWalker (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "A '''''tabula rasa''''' – the Latin phrase is pronounced with the stress on the first syllable of each word ({{IPA|'tæbj? l? 'r??s?}}) - is a writing tablet on...")
- 10:58, 24 January 2023 Fortes fortuna iuvat (hist) [1,720 bytes] DavidWalker (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "The Latin proverb '''''Fortes''''' (or '''''fort?s''''') '''''fortuna iuvat''''' ('Fortune favours the brave (the bold or the strong)'), was said by Pliny the Younger (61...")
- 11:29, 8 January 2023 Landscape (hist) [3,119 bytes] DavidWalker (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "The word ''''landscape'''' may mean ''either'' a tract or extended area of land considered from an aesthetic point of view or for its suitability as a subject of artistic re...")
- 12:03, 2 January 2023 Senectus ipsa morbus est (hist) [270 bytes] DavidWalker (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Senectus ipsa morbus est''' ('Old age in itself is an illness'): the sentence is found in the comedy ''Phormio'' (Act IV, line 9) by the Latin dramatist Terence (P...")
- 11:14, 21 December 2022 Contra mundum (hist) [2,571 bytes] DavidWalker (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "The Latin phrase '''''contra mundum''''', meaning 'against the world', is used in a number of different contexts. To say, e.g., to a friend 'I am with you '''''contra mun...")
- 16:29, 15 December 2022 Infra dig (hist) [918 bytes] DavidWalker (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "The expression '''''infra dig''''' is an abbreviated form of the Latin infra dignitatem and means 'beneath (his/her/their) dignity'. It is used, always postpositively,...")
- 10:54, 2 December 2022 De profundis (hist) [1,696 bytes] DavidWalker (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "The Latin phrase '''''De profundis''''' – pronounced with the first syllable identical in sound to the word 'day' and the final syllable the long 'ee' sound of 'gee...")