In historical Germanic society, nīþ (Old Norse: níð Old English: nīþ, nīð; Old Dutch: nīth) was a term for a social stigma implying the loss of honour...
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Nith may refer to: River Nith (Scotland) Nith River (Canada) Nīþ a term for a social stigma implying the loss of honour and the status of a villain. Nithing...
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was a pole used for cursing an enemy in Germanic pagan tradition (nīþ, nith). A nithing pole consisted of a long, wooden pole with a recently cut horse...
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The River Nith (Scottish Gaelic: Abhainn Nid; Common Brittonic: Nowios) is a river in south-west Scotland. The Nith rises in the Carsphairn hills of East...
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The Nith River is a river in Brant, Oxford and Perth counties and the Regional Municipality of Waterloo in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. The Nith River...
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ships have borne the name HMS Nith. HMS Nith (1905) was a River-class destroyer launched in 1905 and broken up in 1919. HMS Nith (K215) was a River-class frigate...
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The Nith Bridge cross (also known as the Boatford cross) is a sculptured Anglo-Saxon cross, near the village of Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway. It is...
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Duke of Queensberry (redirect from Viscount of Nith, Thortorwald and Ross)
Dumfriesshire (1683), Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar (1682), Viscount of Nith, Tortholwald and Ross (1682) and Lord Douglas of Kilmount, Middlebie and...
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royal burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, near the mouth of the River Nith on the Solway Firth, 25 miles (40 km) from the Anglo-Scottish border. Dumfries...
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kingship Hird Holmgang Leidang Mead hall Medieval Scandinavian law Nithing pole Nīþ Norse clans Old Norse Thing Thrall Events Æsir–Vanir War Fimbulwinter...
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