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11,057 | # Forge
A **forge** is a type of hearth used for heating metals, or the workplace (**smithy**) where such a hearth is located. The forge is used by the smith to heat a piece of metal to a temperature at which it becomes easier to shape by forging, or to the point at which work hardening no longer occurs. The metal (kn... | 963 | Forge | 0 |
11,057 | # Forge
## Types
### Finery forge {#finery_forge}
A finery forge is a water-powered mill where pig iron is refined into wrought iron.
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11,057 | # Forge
## Forging equipment {#forging_equipment}
### Anvil
The anvil serves as a workbench to the blacksmith, where the metal to be forged is worked. Anvils may seem clunky and heavy, but they are a highly refined tool carefully shaped to suit a blacksmith\'s needs. Anvils are made of cast or wrought iron with a to... | 794 | Forge | 2 |
11,057 | # Forge
## Forging equipment {#forging_equipment}
### Slack tub {#slack_tub}
A *slack tub* is usually a large container full of water used by a blacksmith to quench hot metal. The slack tub is principally used to cool parts of the work during forging (to protect them, or keep the metal in one area from \"spreading\" ... | 121 | Forge | 3 |
11,057 | # Forge
## Types of forging {#types_of_forging}
### Drop forging {#drop_forging}
Drop forging is a process used to shape metal into complex shapes by dropping a heavy hammer with a die on its face onto the workpiece.
#### Process
The workpiece is placed into the forge. Then the impact of a hammer causes the heated... | 402 | Forge | 4 |
11,102 | # Forgotten Futures
***Forgotten Futures*** is a role-playing game created by Marcus Rowland to allow people to play in settings inspired by Victorian and Edwardian science fiction and fantasy (i.e., steampunk). Most of its releases begin with these stories then add background material to explain the settings (often a... | 405 | Forgotten Futures | 0 |
11,102 | # Forgotten Futures
## Versions
*Forgotten Futures I: The A.B.C. Files*: Set in Kipling\'s 21st century airship utopia. Contains the text of \"With the Night Mail\" and \"As Easy as ABC\", a worldbook, an adventure, a spreadsheet of airship data, and numerous illustrations. This was the first and by far the smallest ... | 950 | Forgotten Futures | 1 |
11,103 | # Fabritio Caroso
**Fabritio Caroso da Sermoneta** (1526/1535 -- 1605/1620) was an Italian Renaissance dancing master and a composer or transcriber of dance music.
His dance manual *Il Ballarino* was published in 1581, with a subsequent edition, significantly different, *Nobiltà di Dame*, printed in 1600 and again af... | 154 | Fabritio Caroso | 0 |
11,113 | # Federal Information Processing Standards
The **Federal Information Processing Standards** (**FIPS**) of the United States are a set of publicly announced standards that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed for use in computer systems of non-military United States government agencie... | 570 | Federal Information Processing Standards | 0 |
11,122 | # Freeciv
***Freeciv*** is a single- and multiplayer turn-based strategy game for workstations and personal computers inspired by the proprietary *Sid Meier\'s Civilization* series. It is available for most desktop computer operating systems and available in an online browser version. Released under the GNU GPL-2.0-or... | 814 | Freeciv | 0 |
11,122 | # Freeciv
## Design
Freeciv is very configurable, down to the specific rules, so it can be played in Freeciv (default) mode, *Civilization* mode, *Civilization II* mode, or a custom mode. One or several players act as game administrators and can configure the game rules. Typically modified rules are:
- Number of p... | 277 | Freeciv | 1 |
11,122 | # Freeciv
## Features
Freeciv\'s graphics system is configurable: originally, map display was always in overhead mode (like in *Civ I*). Isometric mode (like in *Civ II* and *III*) and optionally hexagonal tiling (like in *Civ V* and *VI*) were added later. In both modes, look can be further customized by switching t... | 971 | Freeciv | 2 |
11,125 | # Francesco Borromini
**Francesco Borromini** (`{{IPAc-en|ˌ|b|ɒr|ə|ˈ|m|iː|n|i}}`{=mediawiki}, `{{IPA|it|franˈtʃesko borroˈmiːni|lang}}`{=mediawiki}), byname of **Francesco Castelli** (`{{IPA|it|kaˈstɛlli|lang}}`{=mediawiki}; 25 September 1599 -- 2 August 1667), was an Italian architect born in the modern Swiss canton ... | 419 | Francesco Borromini | 0 |
11,125 | # Francesco Borromini
## Major works {#major_works}
### San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (San Carlino) {#san_carlo_alle_quattro_fontane_san_carlino}
In 1634, Borromini received his first major independent commission to design the church, cloister and monastic buildings of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (also known as ... | 1,155 | Francesco Borromini | 1 |
11,125 | # Francesco Borromini
## Major works {#major_works}
### The Re Magi Chapel of the Propaganda Fide {#the_re_magi_chapel_of_the_propaganda_fide}
The College of the Propagation of the Faith or Propaganda Fide in Rome includes the Re Magi Chapel by Borromini, generally considered by architectural historians to be one of ... | 288 | Francesco Borromini | 2 |
11,125 | # Francesco Borromini
## Death and epitaph {#death_and_epitaph}
In the summer of 1667, following the completion of the Falconieri chapel (the High Altar chapel) in San Giovanni dei Fiorentini, Borromini committed suicide in Rome by drawing his sword, resting the hilt against his bed, and falling on it \"with such for... | 377 | Francesco Borromini | 3 |
11,141 | # February 26
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11,157 | # Fudge (role-playing game system)
***Fudge*** is a generic role-playing game system for use in freeform role-playing games. The name \"*FUDGE*\" was once an acronym for *Freeform Universal Donated* (later, *Do-it-yourself*) *Gaming Engine* and, though the acronym has since been dropped, that phrase remains a good sum... | 867 | Fudge (role-playing game system) | 0 |
11,157 | # Fudge (role-playing game system)
## Reception
In the January 1996 edition of *Dragon* (Issue 225), Rick Swan called this game system \"a remarkable achievement, a concise, logical analysis of RPG theory that amateur and pro designers alike would do well to ponder.\" Although Swan liked the simplicity and logic of t... | 459 | Fudge (role-playing game system) | 1 |
11,158 | # February 12
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11,161 | # Frederick Copleston
**Frederick Charles Copleston** `{{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|SJ|CBE|FBA}}`{=mediawiki} (10 April 1907 -- 3 February 1994) was a British Catholic priest, philosopher, and historian of philosophy, best known for his influential multi-volume *A History of Philosophy* (1946--75).
Copleston... | 1,020 | Frederick Copleston | 0 |
11,161 | # Frederick Copleston
## Works
- *A History of Philosophy* (1946--1975)
**Other select works**
- *Friedrich Nietzsche: Philosopher of Culture* (1942), expanded edition; (1975)
- *Arthur Schopenhauer: Philosopher of Pessimism* (1946)
- *Medieval Philosophy* (1952), revised edition: *A History of Medieval Phi... | 166 | Frederick Copleston | 1 |
11,167 | # The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix
***The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix*** (*\'\'\'Flåklypa Grand Prix\'\'\'*) is a 1975 Norwegian stop-motion-animated sports film directed by Ivo Caprino. It is based on characters from a series of books by Norwegian cartoonist and author Kjell Aukrust.
It is the most widely seen Norwegian film o... | 690 | The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix | 0 |
11,178 | # Foobar
`{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020|cs1-dates=y}}`{=mediawiki} The terms **foobar** (`{{IPAc-en|ˈ|f|uː|b|ɑr}}`{=mediawiki}), **foo**, **bar**, **baz, qux, quux**, and others are used as metasyntactic variables and placeholder names in computer programming or computer-related documentation. They have been used... | 560 | Foobar | 0 |
11,195 | # Fingerspelling
**Fingerspelling** (or **dactylology**) is the representation of the letters of a writing system, and sometimes numeral systems, using only the hands. These **manual alphabets** (also known as **finger alphabets** or **hand alphabets**) have often been used in deaf education and have subsequently been... | 612 | Fingerspelling | 0 |
11,195 | # Fingerspelling
## Families of manual alphabets in sign languages {#families_of_manual_alphabets_in_sign_languages}
Power et al. (2020) conducted a large-scale data study into the evolution and contemporary character of 76 current and defunct manual alphabets (MAs) of sign languages, postulating the existence of eig... | 636 | Fingerspelling | 1 |
11,195 | # Fingerspelling
## History of manual alphabets {#history_of_manual_alphabets}
### Latin manual alphabet {#latin_manual_alphabet}
Some writers have suggested that the body and hands were used to represent alphabets in Greek, Roman, Egyptian and Assyrian antiquity. Certainly, \"finger calculus\" systems were widespre... | 881 | Fingerspelling | 2 |
11,244 | # Free Methodist Church
`{{Use American English|date=January 2024}}`{=mediawiki} `{{Infobox Christian denomination
|image = FMC-Logo-Tagline-Color-wikipedia.jpg
|imagewidth = 150px
|caption = Emblem of the Free Methodist Church USA
|main_classification = [[Protestant]]
|orientation = [[Holiness movement|Holiness]]
|po... | 317 | Free Methodist Church | 0 |
11,244 | # Free Methodist Church
## History
The Free Methodist Church was organized at Pekin, New York, in 1860. The founders had been members of the Methodist Episcopal Church but were excluded from its membership for earnestly advocating what they saw as the doctrines and usages of authentic Wesleyan Methodism. Under the le... | 810 | Free Methodist Church | 1 |
11,244 | # Free Methodist Church
## Organization
The Free Methodist Church\'s highest governing body is the World Conference, which is composed of representatives, both lay and clergy, from all countries with a Free Methodist General Conference. As the church in each country develops, its status progresses from Mission Distri... | 307 | Free Methodist Church | 2 |
11,244 | # Free Methodist Church
## Higher education {#higher_education}
B. T. Roberts began what is now Roberts Wesleyan College in 1866. Spring Arbor College followed in 1873 (renamed Spring Arbor University in 2001), Seattle Pacific University in 1891, and Greenville College (renamed Greenville University in 2017) in 1892.... | 301 | Free Methodist Church | 3 |
11,244 | # Free Methodist Church
## Publishing
Like John Wesley before him, B. T. Roberts recognized the Christian\'s responsibility for publishing.
Before the founding of the church in 1860, B. T. Roberts began publication of a monthly journal, *The Earnest Christian*. In 1868 *The Free Methodist* (now *Light & Life* Magazi... | 836 | Free Methodist Church | 4 |
11,246 | # John Falstaff
**Sir John Falstaff** is a fictional character who appears in three plays by William Shakespeare and is eulogised in a fourth. His significance as a fully developed character is primarily formed in the plays *Henry IV, Part 1* and *Part 2*, where he is a companion to Prince Hal, the future King Henry V... | 726 | John Falstaff | 0 |
11,246 | # John Falstaff
## Role in the plays {#role_in_the_plays}
### *Henry IV, Part 2* {#henry_iv_part_2}
thumb\|upright=1.3\|right\|Falstaff with Doll Tearsheet in the Boar\'s Head tavern; illustration to Act 2, Scene 4 of the play by Eduard von Grützner The play focuses on Prince Hal\'s journey toward kingship, and his u... | 526 | John Falstaff | 1 |
11,246 | # John Falstaff
## Role in the plays {#role_in_the_plays}
### *Henry V* {#henry_v}
Although Falstaff does not appear on stage in *Henry V*, his death is the main subject of Act 2, Scene 3, in which Mistress Quickly delivers a memorable eulogy:
There is a similarity in Shakespeare\'s description of the death of Falst... | 798 | John Falstaff | 2 |
11,246 | # John Falstaff
## Origins
### John Oldcastle {#john_oldcastle}
Shakespeare originally named Falstaff \"John Oldcastle\", a real historical personage who died in 1417. Lord Cobham, a descendant of Oldcastle, complained, forcing Shakespeare to change the name. Shakespeare\'s *Henry IV* plays and *Henry V* adapted and... | 713 | John Falstaff | 3 |
11,246 | # John Falstaff
## Cultural adaptations {#cultural_adaptations}
There are several works about Falstaff, inspired by Shakespeare\'s plays:
### Literature
- *Falstaff\'s Wedding* (1766), a drama by William Kenrick, was set after the events of *Henry IV, Part 2*. To restore his financial position after his rejection... | 366 | John Falstaff | 4 |
11,246 | # John Falstaff
## Cultural adaptations {#cultural_adaptations}
### Film and television {#film_and_television}
- On film, Falstaff appeared in Laurence Olivier\'s acclaimed 1944 version of *Henry V*. Although Falstaff does not appear in the play, Olivier inserted an original scene depicting the fat knight -- played... | 881 | John Falstaff | 5 |
11,264 | # Rage Hard
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11,281 | # Frontline (Australian TV series)
***Frontline*** is an Australian comedy television series which satirised Australian television current affairs programmes and reporting. It ran for three series of 13 half-hour episodes and was broadcast on ABC TV in 1994, 1995 and 1997.
## Production
The series was written, direc... | 568 | Frontline (Australian TV series) | 0 |
11,281 | # Frontline (Australian TV series)
## Characters
### Reporters
- **Mike Moore** (Rob Sitch) is the anchor of *Frontline*. He is self-centred and dim-witted, but his intentions are generally noble. Mike is very protective of what he calls his \"journalistic integrity\" and resents any insinuation that he is a light... | 806 | Frontline (Australian TV series) | 1 |
11,281 | # Frontline (Australian TV series)
## Characters
### Producers
- **Emma Ward** (Alison Whyte) is the Line Producer on *Frontline*. She questions the show\'s practices most frequently and acts as the viewers\' conscience. In \"Heroes and Villains\" (series 2), she is the only member of the team to have read the supp... | 420 | Frontline (Australian TV series) | 2 |
11,281 | # Frontline (Australian TV series)
## Characters
### Supporting staff {#supporting_staff}
- **Domenica Baroni** (Anita Cerdic) is the office receptionist, and the only person in the office who truly admires Mike. Her increasingly bizarre hairstyles become a running gag, culminating in \"Give \'em Enough Rope\", whe... | 684 | Frontline (Australian TV series) | 3 |
11,281 | # Frontline (Australian TV series)
## Characters
### Special guests {#special_guests}
*Frontline* frequently featured celebrity cameos, unusually including major Australian politicians appearing as themselves, often but not always as interviewees. The most memorable appearance is that of Pauline Hanson in \"The Shado... | 470 | Frontline (Australian TV series) | 4 |
11,281 | # Frontline (Australian TV series)
## Other airings {#other_airings}
In 1997, Channel Seven bought the rights to the series; however, they only aired a handful of episodes. The show was perceived by management as \"too close to the bone\" for a network significantly focused upon its prime-time current affairs ratings... | 352 | Frontline (Australian TV series) | 5 |
11,296 | # First aid
`{{Portal|Medical}}`{=mediawiki}
**First aid** is the first and immediate assistance given to any person with a medical emergency, with care provided to preserve life, prevent the condition from worsening, or to promote recovery until medical services arrive. First aid is generally performed by someone wi... | 263 | First aid | 0 |
11,296 | # First aid
## Early history and warfare {#early_history_and_warfare}
Skills of what is now known as first aid have been recorded throughout history, especially in relation to warfare, where the care of both traumatic and medical cases is required in particularly large numbers. The bandaging of battle wounds is shown... | 642 | First aid | 1 |
11,296 | # First aid
## Common emergences that require first aid in humans {#common_emergences_that_require_first_aid_in_humans}
List of common situations that require first aid, and information about them (in alphabetical order):
### Bleeding
*Main article: Emergency bleeding control#Wound management*
**Bleeding** or **he... | 273 | First aid | 2 |
11,296 | # First aid
## Aims of first aid {#aims_of_first_aid}
The primary goal of first aid is to prevent death or serious injury from worsening. The key aims of first aid can be summarized with the acronym of \'the three Ps\':
- **Preserve life:** The overriding aim of all medical care which includes first aid, is to sav... | 870 | First aid | 3 |
11,296 | # First aid
## Setting the priorities {#setting_the_priorities}
### Other mentionable protocols {#other_mentionable_protocols}
Some other known protocols that could be mentioned in many contexts (in alphabetical order):
**AMEGA protocol**
It is similar to the European protocol, because it also has a wider range tha... | 394 | First aid | 4 |
11,296 | # First aid
## Key basic skills {#key_basic_skills}
Certain skills are considered essential to the provision of first aid and are taught ubiquitously.
### Displacement skills {#displacement_skills}
If there are dangers around (such as fire, electric dangers or others) the patient has to be moved to a safe place, (i... | 619 | First aid | 5 |
11,296 | # First aid
## Key basic skills {#key_basic_skills}
### Airway, Breathing, and Circulation skills {#airway_breathing_and_circulation_skills}
ABC method stands for *Airway*, *Breathing*, and *Circulation*. The same mnemonic is used by emergency health professionals.
It is focused on critical life-saving intervention,... | 768 | First aid | 6 |
11,296 | # First aid
## First aid kits {#first_aid_kits}
A first aid kit consists of a strong, durable bag or transparent plastic box. They are commonly identified with a white cross on a green background. A first aid kit does not have to be bought ready-made. The advantage of ready-made first aid kits are that they have well... | 413 | First aid | 7 |
11,296 | # First aid
## Training principles {#training_principles}
### Types of first aid which require training {#types_of_first_aid_which_require_training}
There are several types of first aid (and first aider) that require specific additional training. These are usually undertaken to fulfill the demands of the work or acti... | 377 | First aid | 8 |
11,296 | # First aid
## Symbols
Although commonly associated with first aid, the symbol of a red cross is an official protective symbol of the Red Cross. According to the Geneva Conventions and other international laws, the use of this and similar symbols is reserved for official agencies of the **International Red Cross and ... | 201 | First aid | 9 |
11,300 | # Foundationalism
**Foundationalism** concerns philosophical theories of knowledge resting upon non-inferential justified belief, or some secure foundation of certainty such as a conclusion inferred from a basis of sound premises. The main rival of the **foundationalist theory of justification** is the coherence theor... | 316 | Foundationalism | 0 |
11,300 | # Foundationalism
## History
Foundationalism was initiated by French early modern philosopher René Descartes. In his *Meditations*, Descartes challenged the contemporary principles of philosophy by arguing that everything he knew he learnt from or through his senses. He used various arguments to challenge the reliabi... | 334 | Foundationalism | 1 |
11,300 | # Foundationalism
## Definition
Foundationalism is an attempt to respond to the regress problem of justification in epistemology. According to this argument, every proposition requires justification to support it, but any justification also needs to be justified itself. If this goes on *ad infinitum*, it is not clear... | 661 | Foundationalism | 2 |
11,300 | # Foundationalism
## Definition
### Internalism and externalism {#internalism_and_externalism}
Foundationalism can take internalist and externalist forms. Internalism requires that a believer\'s justification for a belief must be accessible to them for it to be justified. Foundationalist internalists have held that b... | 448 | Foundationalism | 3 |
11,306 | # Frame problem
In artificial intelligence, with implications for cognitive science, the **frame problem** describes an issue with using first-order logic to express facts about a robot in the world. Representing the state of a robot with traditional first-order logic requires the use of many axioms that simply imply ... | 871 | Frame problem | 0 |
11,306 | # Frame problem
## Solutions
The following solutions depict how the frame problem is solved in various formalisms. The formalisms themselves are not presented in full: what is presented are simplified versions that are sufficient to explain the full solution.
### Fluent occlusion solution {#fluent_occlusion_solution... | 809 | Frame problem | 1 |
11,306 | # Frame problem
## Solutions
### Fluent calculus solution {#fluent_calculus_solution}
The fluent calculus is a variant of the situation calculus. It solves the frame problem by using first-order logic terms, rather than predicates, to represent the states. Converting predicates into terms in first-order logic is call... | 372 | Frame problem | 2 |
11,306 | # Frame problem
## Solutions
### Event calculus solution {#event_calculus_solution}
The event calculus uses terms for representing fluents, like the fluent calculus, but also has one or more axioms constraining the value of fluents, like the successor state axioms. There are many variants of the event calculus, but o... | 861 | Frame problem | 3 |
11,307 | # Frans Eemil Sillanpää
**Frans Eemil Sillanpää** (`{{IPA|fi|frɑns ˈeːmil ˈsilːɑmˌpæː|pron|Fi-Frans_Eemil_Sillanpää.ogg}}`{=mediawiki}; 16 September 1888 -- 3 June 1964) was a Finnish writer. In 1939, he became the first Finnish writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature \"for his deep understanding of his co... | 621 | Frans Eemil Sillanpää | 0 |
11,311 | # February 28
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11,312 | # Flambards
***Flambards*** is a novel for children or young adults by K. M. Peyton, first published by Oxford University Press in 1967 with illustrations by Victor Ambrus. Alternatively, \"Flambards\" is the trilogy (1967--1969) or series (1967--1981) named after its first book. The series is set in England just befo... | 443 | Flambards | 0 |
11,322 | # February 2
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11,323 | # February 3
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11,324 | # Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
The **Free On-line Dictionary of Computing** (**FOLDOC**) is an online, searchable, encyclopedic dictionary of computing subjects.
## History
FOLDOC was founded in 1985 by Denis Howe and was hosted by Imperial College London. In May 2015, the site was updated to state that it w... | 215 | Free On-line Dictionary of Computing | 0 |
11,344 | # First-order predicate
In mathematical logic, a **first-order predicate** is a predicate that takes only individual(s) constants or variables as argument(s). Compare second-order predicate and higher-order predicate.
This is not to be confused with a **one-place predicate** or monad, which is a predicate that takes ... | 69 | First-order predicate | 0 |
11,345 | # Snap (gridiron football)
A **snap** (also called a \"hike\", \"snapback\", or \"pass from center\") is the backward passing of the ball in gridiron football at the start of play from scrimmage.
## Action
The ball begins on the ground with its long axis parallel to the sidelines of the field, its ends marking each ... | 439 | Snap (gridiron football) | 0 |
11,345 | # Snap (gridiron football)
## Snap count {#snap_count}
The team entitled to snap the ball will usually know in advance the moment when the snap is to occur as one of their players calls out signals, which usually include a loud sound such as \"hut\" voiced one or more times, the number of which they know; they are th... | 421 | Snap (gridiron football) | 1 |
11,345 | # Snap (gridiron football)
## History and rationale {#history_and_rationale}
The snap, the set scrum and ruck in today\'s rugby union, and the play-the-ball in rugby league have common origins in rugby football. As the rules of rugby\'s scrimmage were written when the game came to North America, they had a significan... | 709 | Snap (gridiron football) | 2 |
11,347 | # FIFO (computing and electronics)
thumb\|Representation of a FIFO queue
In computing and in systems theory, **first in, first out** (the first in is the first out), acronymized as **FIFO**, is a method for organizing the manipulation of a data structure (often, specifically a data buffer) where the oldest (first) en... | 489 | FIFO (computing and electronics) | 0 |
11,347 | #include <stdexcept>
## Electronics
thumb\|400px\|A FIFO schedule
FIFOs are commonly used in electronic circuits for buffering and flow control between hardware and software. In its hardware form, a FIFO primarily consists of a set of read and write pointers, storage and control logic. Storage may be static random a... | 397 | FIFO (computing and electronics) | 1 |
11,350 | # Firewall (construction)
A **firewall** is a fire-resistant barrier used to prevent the spread of fire. Firewalls are built between or through buildings, structures, or electrical substation transformers, or within an aircraft or vehicle.
## Applications
Firewalls can be used to subdivide a building into separate f... | 856 | Firewall (construction) | 0 |
11,350 | # Firewall (construction)
## High-voltage transformer fire barriers {#high_voltage_transformer_fire_barriers}
Fire barriers are used around large electrical transformers as firewalls. These barriers are used to isolate one transformer in case of fire or explosions, preventing fire propagation to neighboring transform... | 39 | Firewall (construction) | 1 |
11,353 | # Frigg
**Frigg** (`{{IPAc-en|f|r|ɪ|g}}`{=mediawiki}; Old Norse: `{{IPA|non|ˈfriɡː|}}`{=mediawiki}) is a goddess, one of the Æsir, in Germanic mythology. In Norse mythology, the source of most surviving information about her, she is associated with marriage, prophecy, clairvoyance and motherhood, and dwells in the wet... | 731 | Frigg | 0 |
11,353 | # Frigg
## Attestations
### *Origo Gentis Langobardorum* and *Historia Langobardorum* {#origo_gentis_langobardorum_and_historia_langobardorum}
The 7th-century *Origo Gentis Langobardorum*, and Paul the Deacon\'s 8th-century *Historia Langobardorum* derived from it, recount a founding myth of the Langobards, a German... | 490 | Frigg | 1 |
11,353 | # Frigg
## Attestations
### *Poetic Edda* {#poetic_edda}
In the *Poetic Edda*, compiled during the 13th century from earlier traditional material, Frigg is mentioned in the poems *Völuspá*, *Vafþrúðnismál*, the prose of *Grímnismál*, *Lokasenna*, and *Oddrúnargrátr*.
Frigg receives three mentions in the *Poetic Edda... | 626 | Frigg | 2 |
11,353 | # Frigg
## Attestations
### *Prose Edda* {#prose_edda}
Frigg is mentioned throughout the *Prose Edda*, compiled in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. Frigg is first mentioned in the *Prose Edda* Prologue, wherein a euhemerized account of the Norse gods is provided. The author describes Frigg as the wife of Odin, a... | 905 | Frigg | 3 |
11,353 | # Frigg
## Archaeological record {#archaeological_record}
A 12th century depiction of a cloaked but otherwise nude woman riding a large cat appears on a wall in the Schleswig Cathedral in Schleswig-Holstein, Northern Germany. Beside her is similarly a cloaked yet otherwise nude woman riding a distaff. Due to iconogra... | 389 | Frigg | 4 |
11,361 | # February 9
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11,385 | # File viewer
A **file viewer** is a utility application software on operating systems, such as Linux, macOS, or Windows. The file viewer is responsible for user access of files located on a data storage device. File viewers allow the user to open and view content on a device, such as a Personal Computer (PC) or a mob... | 453 | File viewer | 0 |
11,391 | # First Council of the Lateran
The **First Council of the Lateran** was the 9th ecumenical council recognised by the Catholic Church. The first ecumenical council to be held in Western Europe and the first since the Great Schism of 1054, it was convoked by Pope Callixtus II in December 1122, immediately after the Conc... | 1,513 | First Council of the Lateran | 0 |
11,391 | # First Council of the Lateran
## Text of the council {#text_of_the_council}
Texts of the First Lateran Council may vary in both wording and numbering of the canons depending on source. In this translation, the precepts of the Concordat of Worms are codified in Canons 2, 4 and 10.
CANON I
Summary. Ordinations and p... | 1,124 | First Council of the Lateran | 1 |
11,391 | # First Council of the Lateran
## Text of the council {#text_of_the_council}
CANON 14
Summary. Laymen are absolutely forbidden to remove offerings from the altars of Roman churches.
Text. Following the canons of the holy fathers, we absolutely and under penalty of anathema forbid laymen to remove the offerings from... | 727 | First Council of the Lateran | 2 |
11,391 | # First Council of the Lateran
## Results of the council {#results_of_the_council}
Lateran I was the first of four Lateran Councils between the years 1123--1215. The first was not very original in its concept, nor one called to meet a pressing theological question. For the most part, Pope Callixtus II summoned the co... | 543 | First Council of the Lateran | 3 |
11,402 | # FileMan
**FileMan** is a set of software utilities that provide a metadata function for MUMPS applications, usually used to process medical health records. The FileMan utilities allow the definition of data structures, menus and security, reports, and forms, reducing the level knowledge of the MUMPS programming lang... | 276 | FileMan | 0 |
11,415 | # Forcemeat
thumb\|upright=1.35\|Squab forcemeat with cepes, anise, and combava juice `{{wiktionary}}`{=mediawiki} **Forcemeat** (derived from the French *farcir*, \"to stuff\") is a uniform mixture of lean meat with fat made by grinding or sieving the ingredients. The result may either be smooth or coarse. Forcemeats... | 357 | Forcemeat | 0 |
11,417 | # Forseti
thumb\|*Forseti Seated in Judgment* (1881) by Carl Emil Doepler **Forseti** (Old Norse \"the presiding one\", \"president\" in modern Icelandic and Faroese) is the god of justice and reconciliation in Norse mythology. He is generally identified with **Fosite**, a god of the Frisians.
## Name
Grimm took *Fo... | 720 | Forseti | 0 |
11,417 | # Forseti
## In modern culture {#in_modern_culture}
The German neofolk band Forseti named itself after the god.
In the 2002 Ensemble Studios game *Age of Mythology*, Forseti is one of 9 minor gods Norse players can worship | 37 | Forseti | 1 |
11,424 | # Flag
thumb\|right\|upright=1.25\|United Nations members\' national flags thumb\|right\|upright=1.25\|Setting up a flag could also possess the meaning of conquering something. Jaan Künnap with the flag of Estonia at the top of Lenin Peak (7134 m) in 1989.
A **flag** is a piece of fabric (most often rectangular) with... | 809 | Flag | 0 |
11,424 | # Flag
## National flags {#national_flags}
One of the most popular uses of a flag is to symbolise a nation or country. Some national flags have been particularly inspirational to other nations, countries, or subnational entities in the design of their own flags. Some prominent examples include:
- The flag of Denma... | 920 | Flag | 1 |
11,424 | # Flag
## National flags {#national_flags}
### War flags {#war_flags}
Several countries, including the Royal Air Force, British Army and the Royal Navy (White Ensign) of the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union have had unique flags flown by their armed forces separately, rather than the national flag.
Other countrie... | 306 | Flag | 2 |
11,424 | # Flag
## Maritime flags {#maritime_flags}
Flags are particularly important at sea, where they can mean the difference between life and death, and consequently where the rules and regulations for the flying of flags are strictly enforced. A national flag flown at sea is known as an ensign. A courteous, peaceable merc... | 361 | Flag | 3 |
11,424 | # Flag
## Shapes and designs {#shapes_and_designs}
Flags are usually rectangular in shape (often in the ratio 2:3, 1:2, or 3:5), but may be of any shape or size that is practical for flying, including square, triangular, or swallow tailed. A more unusual flag shape is that of the flag of Nepal, which is in the shape ... | 651 | Flag | 4 |
11,424 | # Flag
## Shapes and designs {#shapes_and_designs}
### Vertical flags {#vertical_flags}
Vertical flags are sometimes used in lieu of the standard horizontal flag in central and eastern Europe, particularly in the German-speaking countries. This practice came about because the relatively brisk wind needed to display h... | 386 | Flag | 5 |
11,424 | # Flag
## In sports {#in_sports}
Because of their ease of signalling and identification, flags are often used in sports.
- In association football, linesmen carry small flags along the touch lines. They use the flags to indicate to the referee potential infringements of the laws, or who is entitled to possession o... | 798 | Flag | 6 |
11,424 | # Flag
## Personal flags {#personal_flags}
Throughout history, monarchs have often had personal flags (including royal standards), representing the royal person, including in personal union of national monarchies.
## Vehicle flags {#vehicle_flags}
Flags are often representative of an individual\'s affinity or alleg... | 392 | Flag | 7 |
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