WINTER-SETTLE
\wˈɪntəsˈɛtə͡l], \wˈɪntəsˈɛtəl], \w_ˈɪ_n_t_ə_s_ˈɛ_t_əl]\
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A winter-seat or dwelling: winter-quarters: a term belonging to the early history of England. "In 874 the heathen men took their winter-settle in Lindessey at Torkesey. The next year, just 1000 years ago, we read how they passed from Lindessey to Repton, and took their winter-settle there."-E. A. Freeman.
By Daniel Lyons
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