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area is 105 sq. m.; the length nearly 20, and the breadth from 3 to 12 M. Pop. (1900) 25,000, most of whom speak Danish. The island is fertile, richly wooded, and yields See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain and See also:

FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit. See also:

SONDERBURG

Sonderburg, the See also:

capital, with a See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour and a considerable See also:

trade, is connected with the mainland by a See also:

PONTOON (Fr. ponton, from Lat. pons, a bridge)

pontoon See also:

BRIDGE

bridge. Other places of See also:

note are Norburg and Augustenburg. On the See also:

peninsula I(ekenis at the S.W. end of Alsen there is a lighthouse. Here, in 1848, the Danes directed their See also:

main attack against See also:

Field-See also:

MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

marshal See also:

Wrangel's See also:

army. In 1864 the Prussians under Herwarth von Bittenfeld took Alsen, which was occupied by 9000 Danish troops under Steinmann, thus bringing the Danish war to a See also:

close. Since 1870 Alsen has been fortified.

'ALSHEKH, See also:

MOSES, Jewish See also:

RABBI

rabbi in Safed (See also:

PALESTINE

Palestine) in the later See also:

PART

part of the 16th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century. He was the author of many homiletical commentaries on the See also:

HEBREW

Hebrew See also:

Bible. His See also:

WORKS

works still justly enjoy much popularity, largely because of their powerful See also:

INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence as See also:

PRACTICAL

practical exhortations to virtuous See also:

LIFE

life.

End of Article: ALSEN (Danish Als)

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