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Thread #150251   Message #3508272
Posted By: Lighter
24-Apr-13 - 01:32 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Rose-Briar Motif
Subject: RE: Origins: Rose-Briar Motif
> Abore is a word that refers to how much has been born, tolerated, abided - that's what the word means.

Not according to the Oxford English Dictionary.

It isn't there.

How can you be sure it isn't just a fanciful name? Or a distortion of "Aboyne" or something?