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wyre
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Wyre was a parliamentary constituency in the Wyre district of Lancashire . It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until it was abolished for the 1997 general election . It was then ...
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n. (obsolete spelling of wire English)
Usage examples of wyre.
Ledbury and Malvern as being in a most unsettled condition, for roving bands of marauders had sought shelter in the forests of Wyre and , and although houses well defended by moats, and such like barriers, had hitherto been safe, the homes and barns of many franklins had been invaded, and many gross robberies committed.
I found that Sire Andrew Trollop and his men had gone northwards to the forest of Wyre in pursuit of fugitive Lancastrians, and that sire John Carfax was as anxious as ever to gain the favour of King Edward by denouncing the wounded Calverley, who was crippled for life at Branshill Castle.
In the vast woodlands which stretched to the forest of Wyre, beyond Kidderminster, there were many places where bands of men might lurk for days together, and make forays on private houses at a distance from their regular rendezvous.
The Lancashire countryside gleamed green all around him, the small river Wyre burbled its way toward the Irish Sea.
The Wyred are required to be knowledgeable about all forms of magic and the last time Arim had visited the Lady Damra and her husband, two years previous, Griffith had been deeply involved in the study of Vrykyl.
We do not admit to the use of magic, yet somehow the Wyred always seem to be in the right place at the right time to turn the tide of battle.
I mention my plan for the use of magic to a certain member of my household, who mentions it to a certain member of his household, who sees to it that the Wyred find out about it.
The Dominion Lords were not Wyred and so did not fall in that category.
As one of the Wyred for House Gwyenoc, Griffith often undertook secret missions for his lord.
But although he could not speak of where he was or what he was doing, he could still communicate with her, sending her, by means of the Wyred, letters filled with his love for her.
She was desperate enough to attempt to communicate with the Wyred directly, a feat that was not easy, even for a Dominion Lord.
She had no luck: the Wyred seemed to have disappeared off the face of the earth as far as she was concerned.
The Wyred are taught to be soft-spoken, self-effacing, taught to be neither seen nor heard.
The Wyred know, as they know all things pertaining to magic, but they keep their knowledge secret, for knowledge is power.
The Wyred had placed powerful magicks on the grove to keep out thieves.