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The Building up of Isle of Man Place-names

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Hango Hill

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Manx First Names (1)

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Old Norse Nicknames

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The First Scandanavian Period (part 2)

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The First Scandanavian Period (part 1)

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The Language of Birds in Old Norse Tradition

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Völva, a Shamanic Seeress

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Black Foreigners & Fair Strangers

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Sea Invocation

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Manx Proverb

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