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Cotswold
Cotswold Cots"wold` (k?ts"w?ld`), n. [Cot a cottage or hut + wold an open country.] An open country abounding in sheepcotes, as in the Cotswold hills, in Gloucestershire, England. Cotswold sheep, a long-wooled breed of sheep, formerly common in the counties of Gloucester, Hereford, and Worcester, Eng.; -- so called from the Cotswold Hills. The breed is now chiefly amalgamated with others.
Cotswold sheep
Cotswold Cots"wold` (k?ts"w?ld`), n. [Cot a cottage or hut + wold an open country.] An open country abounding in sheepcotes, as in the Cotswold hills, in Gloucestershire, England. Cotswold sheep, a long-wooled breed of sheep, formerly common in the counties of Gloucester, Hereford, and Worcester, Eng.; -- so called from the Cotswold Hills. The breed is now chiefly amalgamated with others.

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- The Battle of Svolder (Svold or Swold) was a large naval battle during the Viking age, fought in September 1000 in the western Baltic Sea between King...
- Thorkell took part in the Battle of Hjörungavágr in 986 and in the Battle of Swold in 1000. In August 1009, a large Danish army led by Thorkell the Tall landed...
- husbands into conflict. This shared animosity would lead to the Battle of Swold, in which Olaf fell. Sigrid does not appear in the next saga in the Heimskringla...
- Drayton (marking the six feet on each line): Nor a/ny o/ther wold / like Cot/swold e/ver sped, So rich / and fair / a vale / in for/tuning / to wed. In the...
- of Venice occupied the island of Lastovo in southern Croatia. Battle of Swold Semi-legendary battle. Norway is defeated by an alliance of the other Scandinavians...
- important south–north via regia trade route. This site was named Gryp(he)swold(e), which is the Low German precursor of the city's modern name – which...
- 998 – Venetians under Orseolo defeat Narentan pirates 1000 September 9 Swold – Swedes and Danes defeat Norwegians 1004 – Venetians under Pietro Orseolo...