"Varangian" is a word in ENGLISH
One of the Northmen who founded a dynasty in Russia in
the 9th century; also, one of the Northmen composing, at a later date,
the imperial bodyguard at Constantinople.
If you expect great things of yourself and demand little of others, you’ll keep resentment far away.
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An Irish priest and a Rabbi get into a car accident. They both get out of their cars and stumble over to the side of the road. The Rabbi says, "Oy vey! What a wreck!" The priest asks him, "Are you all right, Rabbi?" The Rabbi responds, "Just a little shaken." The priest pulls a flask of whiskey from his coat and says, "Here, drink some of this it will calm your nerves." The Rabbi takes the flask and drinks it down and says, "Well, what are we going to tell the police?" "Well," the priest says, "I don't know what your aft' to be tellin' them. But I'll be tellin' them I wasn't the one drinkin'."
A native or inhabitant of Normandy; originally, one of the Northmen or Scandinavians who conquered Normandy in the 10th century; …
Read the complete definitionOne belonging to the pirate crews from among the Northmen, who plundered the coasts of Europe in the eighth, ninth, …
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