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Definition of Ostmen

Ostmen
Ostmen Ost"men, n. pl.; sing. Ostman. [See East, and Man.] East men; Danish settlers in Ireland, formerly so called. --Lyttelton.

Meaning of Ostmen from wikipedia

- Scottish Gaelic is Gall-Ghàidheil. The Norse–Gaels often called themselves Ostmen or Austmen, meaning East-men, a name preserved in a corrupted form in the...
- Scotland, who ****imilated into the Gaelic culture. Dubliners called them Ostmen, or East-people, and the name Oxmanstown (an area in central Dublin; the...
- Britain and Ireland. (In contrast, the Norse Gaels often called themselves Ostmen or Austmenn – "East-men".) Not long after Ingólfr Arnarson arrived in Iceland...
- Irish for Norwegian and Danish Vikings, respectively. Dubliners called them Ostmen (East-people), and the name Oxmanstown (an area in central Dublin; the name...
- Prince of the Desies, provided military ****istance to the Ostmen of Waterford in an Irish/Ostmen coalition against the Norman adventurer Raymond FitzGerald...
- Road and Harold Road. At the time of the Norman invasion, the Vikings, Ostmen or Austmenn (men of the East) as they called themselves, were exiled to...
- purpose of giving them battle, they solicited to their ****istance the Galls Ostmen of Dublin; and these made no delay till they came to Thurles. Thither came...
- Pre-Reformation Bishops of Slane From Until In****bent Notes unknown 847 Onchu 847 854 So****a Martyred by the Ostmen 854 867 Niallan 867 874 Maol Breedi...
- evidence of it is found in the Annals of Ulster of 1368. The Vikings, or Ostmen as they called themselves, ruled Dublin for almost three centuries, although...
- protection was specifically granted to members of the family and other Ostmen. After the justiciary referred the case to a jury for more information,...