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• English words first attested in Chaucer — Contents 1 Etymology 2 List 2.1 Canterbury Tales General Prologue …   Wikipedia

• Anahita — This article is about the goddess. For the spider genus, see Ctenidae. Statue of Anahita in Maragha. Anahita is the Old Persian form of the name of an Iranian goddess and appears in complete and earlier form as Aredvi Sura Anahita (Arədvī Sūrā… …   Wikipedia

• Elf — This article is about the mythical creature. For other uses, see Elf (disambiguation). An elf (plural elves) is a being of Germanic mythology. The elves were originally thought of as a race of divine beings (wights, vættir) endowed with magical… …   Wikipedia

• literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium

• single — {{11}}single (adj.) c.1300, individual, unbroken, unmarried, from O.Fr. sengle being one, separate, from L. singulus one, individual, separate (usually in pl. singuli one by one ), from sim (stem of simplus) + dim. suffix. Meaning unaccompanied… …   Etymology dictionary

• Castor and Pollux — For other uses, see Castor and Pollux (disambiguation). Pair of Roman statuettes (3rd century AD) depicting the Dioscuri as horsemen, with their characteristic skullcaps (Metropolitan Museum of Art) In Greek and Roman mythology, Castor ( …   Wikipedia

• Transhumance — is a term with two accepted usages: * Older sources use transhumance for vertical seasonal livestock movement, typically to higher pastures in summer and to lower valleys in winter. Herders have a permanent home, typically in valleys. Only herds… …   Wikipedia

• CULT — The Israelite cult was a system of ritual acts by which the Israelites, individually and collectively, actualized their particular relationship to the God of Israel. In the pre Exilic period (before 587–586 B.C.E.) this activity took the form of… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• TITHE — General The rendering of tithes of property for sacral purposes was common all over the ancient Near East, though well documented and first hand evidence concerning tithes comes mainly from Mesopotamia (ešrû/eširtu; cf. Dandamaev, in bibl.).… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• stud — {{11}}stud (1) nailhead, knob, O.E. studu pillar, prop, post, from P.Gmc. *stud (Cf. O.N. stoð staff, stick, prop. stay, M.H.G. stud, O.E. stow place ), from PIE *stu , variant of root *sta to stand (see …   Etymology dictionary

• Geoffrey Chaucer — Chaucer redirects here. For other uses, see Chaucer (disambiguation). Geoffrey Chaucer …   Wikipedia