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hyperboreus

hyperboreus, northern, polar, arctic

hyperboreus [CL < ὑπερβόρειος] , of the (far) north. b (myth.) Hyperborean. axis et australis te novit hyperboreusque W. Chester Vers. Anselm. 1. 17; yperboreus, aquilonarius Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 630; ~us ‥ a Borea dictum quasi borialis Bacon Gram. Gk. 67; hoc genus ferarum in iperboreis nascitur montibus Upton 163.  b gens yperborea Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 630 (v. Hyperborita).

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