这条河曾是撒克逊人与古斯堪的纳维亚人土地的分界线。

The river formed the frontier between the land of the Saxons and that of the Danes.

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其名称来源于两个意思分别为“神”和“草地”的古斯堪的纳维亚语汇。

Its name derives from two Old Norse words meaning 'god' and 'meadow'.

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英语是从古斯堪的纳维亚语，而不是非洲，得到这个词的。

English got the word from Old Norse, not Africa.

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古斯堪的纳维亚神，掌管和平、好天气、富裕和充裕的粮食；弗雷娜的兄弟。

The Norse god who dispenses peace, good weather, prosperity, and bountiful crops; the brother of Freya.

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该市的历史可追溯到古罗马人统治以前的时期，它在9世纪时不断受到古斯堪的纳维亚人的袭击，10世纪时成为中世纪诺曼底的首都，并从1418年至1449年受英国人统治。

Of pre-Roman origin, it was repeatedly raided by the Norse in the ninth century, became the capital of medieval Normandy in the tenth century, and was held by the English from 1418 to 1449.

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该市的历史可追溯到古罗马人统治以前的时期，它在9世纪时不断受到古斯堪的纳维亚人的袭击，10世纪时成为中世纪诺曼底的首都，并从1418年至1449年受英国人统治。

Of pre-Roman origin, it was repeatedly raided by the Norse in the ninth century, became the capital of medieval Normandy in the tenth century, and was held by the English from 1418 to 1449.

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