Seeland
Americannoun
noun
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On 14 May 1568, Tycho received a formal promise from the King, still Frederick II, that he could have the next canonry to become vacant at the Cathedral of Roskilde, in Seeland.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
The MS. was found in 1650, in the church at Skiby in Seeland.
From The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa by Paul Barron Watson
There he lay, still thinking of the geography lesson, of Seeland, and of all that the master had said.
From Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen
In a churchyard at Heddinge, Seeland, are the remains of an oak wood declared to be the soldiers of the Erl-King, assuming the forms of armed men at night.
From Cultus Arborum Phallic Tree Worship by Anonymous
The Seeland girl asks with fear, 'Whose blood-bespattered shield and spear— The earl's or king's—up from the shore Moved on with many a warrior more?'
From Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson
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