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lorelei
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1843, from German, name of a rock in the River Rhine near Koblenz, Germany. In legend, a lovely woman sat atop it and sang while combing her long blond hair, distracting sailors so their ships foundered on the rock and they drowned. The second element of ...
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Lorelei is a feminine water spirit, similar to a siren or mermaid , which is rumored to send sailors to their death, by luring them near cliffs with her beautiful singing voice. Lorelei , Loralei , Loreley or Lorelai may also refer to:
Usage examples of lorelei.
Only one of them, an old woman named Lorelei, happened to notice the firefalls shimmering in the north.
Lake Lorelei and the the River Undine, twisting and threading through the Frankenthal Valley to finally join a tributary of the Danube.
Nestled on a broad flat plateau below the foothills of the northern Alps was the Frankenthal, the Undine River winding through it, taking its source in the oval black mirror of Lake Lorelei.
Ivan Antonov and Raymond Prescott had ridden their flagships into the meat-grinders of Lorelei, Pesthouse, and Home Hive III.
Sir Cyril was fascinated by the mermaids and their lengthy pet, and his fascination must have showed, for Lorelei dimpled prettily at him.
Thebans to shift their defenses in Lorelei to meet a new threat, spreading their forces thinner.
Lorelei, and they might explain why the infidels had conceded the entry warp points.
If Lorelei thought Carole could swim well enough to protect herself against mermaids, then that was good enough for Carole.
The devils in Lorelei had pounded his defenses for days, sending wave after wave of hell-spawned missiles through the warp point.
Lorelei and gave him enough freedom to search for an action to satisfy the Synods constant, hectoring demands that he Do Something.
Then it tore down between the castle-crowned heights, sweeping away the villages on the river banks from Bingen to Coblentz, lashing the projecting rocks of the Lorelei, and carrying off houses, churches, and old abbeys in a rush of ruin.
He had often had thoughts about ships caught long, long ago by the enormous dark star, Lorelei.
The nature of their operation normally allowed Maxine and those under her command free rein to prowl the casinos and walkways of Lorelei at will.
Gunther's big plan was to draw customers by giving better odds that the other casinos on Lorelei.
Gunther’s big plan was to draw customers by giving better odds that the other casinos on Lorelei.