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Olaf (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Olaf I Tryggvason(encyclopedia)
Olaf II Haraldsson(encyclopedia)
Aztec ear(medicine)
Aztec(dictionary)
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Olaf I Tryggvason (sh) and Aztec (iou)


Olaf I Tryggvason (sh)




born งใ 964
died งใ 1000

Viking king of Norway (995-งใ 1000).

The son of a Norwegian chieftain, he joined Viking attacks on England in 991 and 994. He returned to Norway and was accepted as king on the death of Haakon the Great in 995. Olaf imposed Christianity on the Norwegian coast but had little influence in the interior. His missionaries introduced Christianity to the Shetland, Faroe, and Orkney islands and to Iceland and Greenland. He was killed in the Battle of Svolder, which is celebrated in medieval Scandinavian poetry.


Aztec (iou)



Aztec noun & adjective. L18.
[French Azteque or Spanish Azteca, from Nahuatl aztecatl person from Aztlan (their legendary place of origin).]
A. noun.
A member of the native American people dominant in Mexico until its conquest by Cortes in 1519. L18.
The language of the Aztecs. E19.
b. adjective. Of or pertaining to the Aztecs or their language. E19.
Aztec hop, Aztec revenge, Aztec two-step slang diarrhoea suffered by visitors to Mexico.
Aztecan adjective L19.