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ELSINORE (Dan. Helsingor)

ELSINORE (See also:
DAN
Dan. Helsingor) , a seaport of See also:

Denmark in the amt (See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county) of Frederiksborg, on the See also:

east See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of the See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of See also:

ZEALAND (also SEALAND Or SEELAND; Danish Sjaelland)

Zealand, 28 m. N. of See also:

COPENHAGEN (Danish Kjobenhavn)

Copenhagen by See also:

RAIL

rail. Pop. (1901) 13,902. It stands at the narrowest See also:

PART

part of the See also:

Sound, opposite the See also:

SWEDISH

Swedish See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

HELSINGBORG

Helsingborg, 3 M. distant. Communication is maintained by means of a See also:

steam See also:

ferry. Its 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 admits vessels of 20 ft. See also:

DRAUGHT (from the common Teutonic word " to draw "; cf. Ger. 7'racht, load; the pronunciation led to the variant form " draft," now confined to certain specific meanings)

draught, and the roadstead affords excellent anchorage. There are See also:

SHIPBUILDING

shipbuilding yards, with foundry, See also:

ENGINEERING

engineering shops, &c.; the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief export is agricultural produce; imports, See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron, See also:

COAL

coal, cereals and See also:

YARN

yarn. Helsingor received town-privileges in 1425. In 1522 it was taken and burnt by See also:

LUBECK

Lubeck, but in 1535 was retaken by See also:

Christian II. It is celebrated as the Elsinore of See also:

SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)

Shakespeare's tragedy of See also:

HAMLET

Hamlet, and was the birthplace of Saxo Grammaticus, from whose See also:

HISTORY

history the See also:

story of Hamlet is derived.

A See also:

PILE

pile of rocks surrounded by trees is shown as the See also:

GRAVE

grave of Hamlet, and Ophelia's See also:

BROOK

brook is also pointed out, but both are, of course, inventions. On a See also:

TONGUE (O. Eng. lunge)

tongue of See also:

LAND

land east of the town stands the See also:

castle of Kronberg or See also:

KRONENBERG

Kronenberg, a magnificent, solid and See also:

VENERABLE (Lat. venerabilis, worthy of reverence, venerari, to reverence, to worship, allied to Venus, love; the Indo-Germ. root is wen-, to desire, whence Eng. " win, properly to struggle for, hence to gain)

venerable See also:

GOTHIC

Gothic structure built by See also:

Frederick II. towards the end of the 16th See also:

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

century, and extensively restored by Christian IV. after a See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire in 1637. It was taken by the Swedes in 1658, but its See also:

possession was again given up to the Danes in 166o. From its turrets, one of which serves as a lighthouse, there are See also:

FINE

fine views of the straits and of the neighbouring countries. The See also:

FLAG (or " FLAGGE," a common Teutonic word in this sense, but apparently first recorded in English)

Flag See also:

BATTERY (Fr. batterie, from battles, to beat)

Battery is the " See also:

PLATFORM (Fr. plateforme, i.e. ground plan)

platform before the castle " where the See also:

GHOST (a word common to the W. Teutonic languages; O.E. vest, Dutch, 'geest, Ger. Geist)

ghost appears in Hamlet. Within it the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

OBJECT

object of See also:

INTEREST

interest is the apartment in which See also:

Matilda, See also:

queen of Christian VII. and See also:

SISTER

sister of See also:

George III. of See also:

England, was imprisoned before she was taken to See also:

Hanover. The See also:

CHAPEL

chapel contains fine See also:

wood-See also:

CARVING

carving of the 17th century. See also:

North-See also:

west of the town is Marienlyst, originally a royal See also:

CHATEAU (from Lat. castellum, fortress, through O. Fr. chastel, chasteau)

chateau, but now a seaside resort.

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