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Olaf

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Olaf or Olav (or British Ōleifr, Anleifr; Old Norse: Áleifr, Ólafr) is a Scandinavian, German, and Dutch given name. [1]

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Amlaíb Conung

Amlaíb Conung (Óláfr; died c. 874) was a Viking leader in Ireland and Scotland in the mid-late ninth century.

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Amlaíb Ua Donnubáin

Amlaíb Ua Donnubáin (or Olaf/Auliffe O'Donovan) (died 1201) is the last member of the O'Donovan family to be styled king of Uí Chairpre Áebda (Cairbre Eva) in the Irish annals, and in fact the very last known king of this people.

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Animal Crossing: New Leaf

Animal Crossing: New Leaf is a life simulation video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS console.

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Aulay

Aulay is a Scottish masculine given name.

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Ólafur

Ólafur is a common name in Iceland, derived from the Old Norse Óláfr, meaning "ancestor's relic".

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Óláfr Guðrøðarson (died 1153)

Óláfr Guðrøðarson (died 29 June 1153) was a twelfth-century King of the Isles.

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Clan MacAulay

Clan MacAulay (Clann Amhlaoibh), also spelt Macaulay or Macauley is a Scottish clan.

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Comparison of General American and Received Pronunciation

One aspect of the differences between American and British English is that of pronunciation, as described in American and British English pronunciation differences.

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Count Oluf of Rosenborg

Oluf, Count of Rosenborg (Oluf Christian Carl Axel; March 10, 1923 – December 19, 1990), a former Danish prince, was the younger child and son of Prince Harald of Denmark by his wife, Princess Helena Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.

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Erwin Olaf

Erwin Olaf Springveld (born 2 July 1959), professionally known as Erwin Olaf, is a Dutch photographer from Hilversum.

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Latinisation of names

Latinisation or Latinization is the practice of rendering a non-Latin name (or word) in a Latin style.

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League of Legends

League of Legends (abbreviated LoL) is a multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games for Microsoft Windows and macOS.

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List of A Series of Unfortunate Events characters

The children's novel series A Series of Unfortunate Events features a large cast of characters created by Daniel Handler by the pen-name of Lemony Snicket. The series follows the turbulent lives of the Baudelaire orphans after their parents, Bertrand and Beatrice, are killed in an arsonous structure fire and their multiple escapes from their murderous relative Count Olaf, who is after their family fortune.

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Mac Amhlaoibh and Mac Amhalghaidh (Irish septs)

Mac Amhlaoibh and Mac Amhalghaidh are two different Gaelic patronymic names with different origins and meanings, but which share the same or similar Anglicisations.

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Macaulay family of Lewis

The Macaulay family of Uig in Lewis, known in Scottish Gaelic as Clann mhic Amhlaigh, were a small family located around Uig on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.

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McAuliffe (surname)

McAuliffe or MacAuliffe is a surname of Norse Irish origin.

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Norse–Gaels

The Norse–Gaels (Gall-Goídil; Irish: Gall-Ghaeil; Gall-Ghàidheil, 'foreigner-Gaels') were a people of mixed Gaelic and Norse ancestry and culture.

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Norwegian language

Norwegian (norsk) is a North Germanic language spoken mainly in Norway, where it is the official language.

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Ola (given name)

Ola (علا) is an Arabic feminine given name that means surmount, High, and arise.

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Olaf (Frozen)

Olaf the Snowman is a fictional character from the 2013 animated film Frozen, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios.

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Olaf (II) Haraldsen

Olaf Haraldsen (died) was a Danish anti-king who ruled Scania for a few years from 1139.

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Olaf Fink

Olaf James Fink (March 15, 1914 – March 26, 1973) was an educator and politician from New Orleans, Louisiana, who served as a Democrat in the Louisiana State Senate from 1956 to 1972.

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Olaf Guthfrithson

Olaf Guthfrithson (Óláfr Guðrøðsson; Ánláf; Amlaíb mac Gofraid; died 941) was a Viking leader who ruled Dublin and Viking Northumbria in the 10th century.

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Olaf Haraldsson Geirstadalf

Olaf Haraldsson (died in 934), was a reputed son of King Harald Fairhair of Norway with, daughter of Øystein Jarl.

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Olaf I of Denmark

Olaf I (Oluf; – 18 August 1095), nicknamed Olaf Hunger, was king of Denmark from 1086 to 1095, following the death of his brother Canute IV the Holy.

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Olaf II of Denmark

Olaf II Haakonsson (1370 – 23 August 1387) was King of Denmark as Olaf II (1376–1387) and King of Norway as Olaf IV (1380–1387).

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Olaf II of Norway

Olaf II Haraldsson (995 – 29 July 1030), later known as St.

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Olaf III of Norway

Olaf Haraldsson (Old Norse: Óláfr Haraldsson, Norwegian: Olav Haraldsson; c. 1050 – 22 September 1093), known as Olaf Kyrre (Old Norse: kyrri, English: Peaceful), ruled Norway as (King Olaf III) from 1067 until his death in 1093.

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Olaf of Sweden

Olaf of Sweden also "Onela" - Swedish: Olov or Olof - may refer to.

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Olaf Stapledon

William Olaf Stapledon (10 May 1886 – 6 September 1950) – known as Olaf Stapledon – was a British philosopher and author of science fiction.

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Olaf the Black

Óláfr Guðrøðarson, commonly known in English as Olaf the Black, was a mid 13th century sea-king who ruled the Isle of Man (Mann) and parts of the Hebrides.

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Olaf the White

Olaf the White (Óláfr hinn Hvíti) was a viking sea-king who lived in the latter half of the 9th century.

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Olaf Tryggvason

Olaf Tryggvason (960s – 9 September 1000) was King of Norway from 995 to 1000.

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Olav Magnusson of Norway

Olav Magnusson (1099 – 22 December 1115) was king of Norway in 1103–1115.

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Olav V of Norway

Olav V (born Prince Alexander of Denmark; 2 July 1903 – 17 January 1991) was King of Norway from 1957 until his death.

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Olavi

Olavi is a Finnish masculine given name.

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Olavo

Olavo is a given name, the Spanish and Portuguese form of Olaf, and may refer to.

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Old English

Old English (Ænglisc, Anglisc, Englisc), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest historical form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages.

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Old Irish

Old Irish (Goídelc; Sean-Ghaeilge; Seann Ghàidhlig; Shenn Yernish; sometimes called Old Gaelic) is the name given to the oldest form of the Goidelic languages for which extensive written texts are extant.

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Old Norse

Old Norse was a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements from about the 9th to the 13th century.

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Old Novgorod dialect

Old Novgorod dialect (Russian: древненовгородский диалект, dryevnyenovgorodsky dialekt; also translated as Old Novgorodian or Ancient Novgorod dialect) is a term introduced by Andrey Zaliznyak to describe the dialect found in the Old East Slavic birch bark writings ("berestyanaya gramota").

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Ole (name)

Ole is a Danish and Norwegian masculine given name, derived from the Old Norse name Óláfr, meaning "ancestor's descendant".

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Olov

Olov or Olof is a Swedish form of Olav/Olaf, meaning "ancestor's descendant".

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Oluf of Denmark

Olaf of Denmark – Danish: Oluf - may refer to.

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Oluf van Steenwinckel

Oluf van Steenwinckel (died 1659) was a Danish building master and engineer, probably the son of Hans van Steenwinckel the Younger.

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Order of St. Olav

The Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav (Den Kongelige Norske Sankt Olavs Orden; or Sanct Olafs Orden, the old Norwegian name) is a Norwegian order of chivalry instituted by King Oscar I on August 21, 1847.

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Proto-Norse language

Proto-Norse (also called Proto-Scandinavian, Proto-Nordic, Ancient Scandinavian, Proto-North Germanic and a variety of other names) was an Indo-European language spoken in Scandinavia that is thought to have evolved as a northern dialect of Proto-Germanic in the first centuries CE.

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Ragnvald Ulfsson

Ragnvald Ulfsson the Old (beginning 11th century) was a jarl of Västergötland or Östergötland and was married to a sister of King Olav Tryggvason.

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Scots language

Scots is the Germanic language variety spoken in Lowland Scotland and parts of Ulster (where the local dialect is known as Ulster Scots).

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Small Potatoes (2011 TV series)

Small Potatoes is a British animated series of shorts aimed at pre-school children.

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Snoopy's siblings

In Charles M. Schulz's comic strip Peanuts, Snoopy was often stated to have seven siblings.

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Staraya Ladoga

Staraya Ladoga (p); Vanha Laatokka; Aldeigjuborg) is a rural locality (a selo) in Volkhovsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Volkhov River near Lake Ladoga, north of the town of Volkhov, the administrative center of the district. It used to be a prosperous trading outpost in the 8th and 9th centuries. A multi-ethnic settlement, it was dominated by Scandinavians who were called by the name of Rus'. For that reason, it is sometimes called the first capital of Russia.

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The Lost Vikings (series)

The Lost Vikings is a side-scrolling puzzle/platform video game series which was developed by Silicon & Synapse (later Blizzard Entertainment).

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Uleb Ragnvaldsson

Uleb Ragnvaldsson was a military leader of Novgorod Republic in conquering of Yugra in 1032.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olaf

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