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Tyr

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Tyr: see Tiw Tiw (tē`
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Tyre, Tyr
a port in S Lebanon, on the Mediterranean: founded about the 15th century bc; for centuries a major Phoenician seaport, famous for silks and its Tyrian-purple dye; now a small market town. Pop.: 141 000 (2005 est.)

Tyr
god of victory in war. [Norse Myth.: Leach, 1147]
See : War


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Victory runes shall you know If you want to secure wisdom, And cut them on the sword hilt, On the center ridge of the blade, And the parts of the brand, And name Tyr twice.
Sun elected not to compete in the Speedo Grand Challenge, TYR Swim Meet of Champions or any other Grand Prix events in order to rest her body following a demanding high school season that culminated with her winning two Southern Section Div.
At eighty-nine, he was still able to ride Tyr Na Nog (his motorized scooter, named for a horse in Celtic mythology) around the monastery at breakneck speed.
 
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