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ODENSE , a See also:city of See also:Denmark, the See also:chief See also:town of the amt (See also:county) of its name, which forms the See also:northern See also:part of the See also:island of Funen (Fyen). Pop. (1901) 40,138. The city lies 4 M. from Odense See also:Fjord on the Odense Aa, the See also:main portion on the See also:north See also:side of the stream, and the See also:industrial See also:Albani See also:quarter on the See also:south side. It has a station on the railway route between See also:Copenhagen and See also:Jutland and See also:Schleswig-See also:Holstein via See also:Korsor. A See also:canal, 15z to 21 ft. deep, gives See also:access to the town from the fjord. St Canute's See also:cathedral, formerly connected with the See also:great See also:Benedictine monastery of the same name, is one of the largest and finest buildings of its See also:kind in Denmark. It is constructed of See also:brick in a pure See also:Gothic See also:style. Originally dating from 1081–1093, it was rebuilt in the 13th See also:century. Under the See also:altar lies Canute (Knud), the See also:patron See also:saint of Denmark, who intended to dispute with See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William of See also:Normandy the See also:possession of See also:England, but was slain in an insurrection at Odense in 1086; See also:Kings See also:John and See also:Christian II. are also buried within the walls. Our See also:Lady's See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church, built in the 13th century and re-stored in 1851–1852 and again in 1864, contains a carved altar-piece (16th century) by Claus See also:Berg of See also:Lubeck. Odense See also:Castle was erected by See also:Frederick IV., who died there in 1730. In Albani are tanneries, See also:iron-foundries and See also:machine-shops. Ex-ports, mostly agricultural produce (See also:butter, See also:- BACON
- BACON (through the O. Fr. bacon, Low Lat. baco, from a Teutonic word cognate with " back," e.g. O. H. Ger. pacho, M. H. Ger. backe, buttock, flitch of bacon)
- BACON, FRANCIS (BARON VERULAM, VISCOUNT ST ALBANS) (1561-1626)
- BACON, JOHN (1740–1799)
- BACON, LEONARD (1802–1881)
- BACON, ROGER (c. 1214-c. 1294)
- BACON, SIR NICHOLAS (1509-1579)
bacon, eggs); imports, iron, See also:petroleum, See also:coal, See also:yarn and See also:timber.
. Odense, or Odinsey, originally Odinsoe, i.e. See also:Odin's island, is one of the See also:oldest cities of Denmark. St Canute's See also:shrine was a great. resort of pilgrims throughout the See also:middle ages. In the 16th century the town was the See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting-See also:place of several parliaments, and down to 1805 it was the seat of the provincial See also:assembly of Funen.
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