Lindisfarne
Britishnoun
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In the UK the practice reportedly links back to the Viking pillage of Lindisfarne.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026
As a side note, Lindisfarne remains so small and remote that it doesn’t even have any doctors today.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2025
A couple hundred people have settled into a safe-enough life on Lindisfarne, an island that’s less than a mile from shore.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2025
Vikings destroyed the monastery of Lindisfarne in the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria, which had been a celebrated center of learning.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
In 685 Carlisle and the surrounding district was annexed by Ecgfrith king of Northumbria to the diocese of Lindisfarne, to which it continued subject, at least until the Danish invasion of the 9th century.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
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