"later, it returned to the number one spot for another two weeks. This means that it has spent five non-consecutive weeks at number one in the UK Singles Chart. Bieber became only the fourth person to have the same single reach number one on the UK Singles Chart on three separate occasions. The other songs to top the chart three separate times are Frankie Laine's ""I Believe"", Guy Mitchell's ""Singing the Blues"" and Pharrell Williams' ""Happy"". 'What Do You Mean?' was the ninth best-selling single of 2015 in the UK with combined sales of 988,000 copies. In Australia, ""What Do"
"Yan Tan Tethera Yan Tan Tethera is a sheep-counting rhyme/system traditionally used by shepherds in Northern England and earlier in some other parts of Britain. Until the Industrial Revolution, the use of traditional number systems was common among shepherds, especially in the fells of the Lake District. The ""Yan Tan Tethera"" system was also used for counting stitches in knitting. The words derive from a Brythonic Celtic language. Though most of these number systems fell out of use by 1910, some are still in use. The word ""yan"" or ""yen"" for ""one"" in some northern English dialects generally represents a"
"part of the writer Carpenter's detailed research into historical accuracy for his 1066 wizard character. In ""Postcards"", a 1992 novel by Annie Proulx, a character recalls the way her grandfather counted sheep as ""Yan. Tyan. Tethera..."" Yan Tan Tethera Yan Tan Tethera is a sheep-counting rhyme/system traditionally used by shepherds in Northern England and earlier in some other parts of Britain. Until the Industrial Revolution, the use of traditional number systems was common among shepherds, especially in the fells of the Lake District. The ""Yan Tan Tethera"" system was also used for counting stitches in knitting. The words derive from"
"languages have survived, with the exception of place name elements (especially in Cumbrian toponymy) and the Yan Tan Tethera counting system, which largely fell out of use in the nineteenth century. The Yan Tan Tethera system was traditionally used in tasks such as shepherding, counting stitches in knitting and reckoning money, as well as in children's nursery rhymes and counting-out games, and may have been borrowed from a relatively modern form of the Welsh language rather than being a remnant of the Celtic of Northern England. A study of a corpus of Late Modern English texts from or set in"
"rural areas in the Yan Tan Tethera counting systems traditionally used by shepherds. Contact between English and immigrant languages has given rise to new accents and dialects. For instance, the variety of English spoken by Poles in Manchester is distinct both from typical Polish-accented English and from Mancunian. At a local level, the diversity of immigrant communities means that some languages that are extremely rare in the country as a whole have strongholds in Northern towns: Bradford for instance has the largest proportion of Pashto speakers, while Manchester has most Cantonese speakers. During the ice ages, Northern England was buried"
"as the Yan Tan Tethera system of counting sheep. However, hypotheses have been made that English syntax was influenced by Celtic languages, such as the system of continuous tenses was a cliché of similar Celtic phrasal structures; this is controversial, as the system has clear native English and other Germanic developments. The French contributed legal, military, technological, and political terminology. Their language also contributed common words, such as the names of meats: ""veal"", ""mutton"", ""beef"", ""pork"", and how food was prepared: ""boil"", ""broil"", ""fry"", ""roast"", and ""stew""; as well as words related to the nobility: ""prince"", ""duke"", ""marquess"", ""viscount"", ""baron"","
"Tan Tethera"" counting system for sheep is a survival of Brittonic counting systems. In the later half of her life, the children's author Beatrix Potter was involved with keeping and breeding Herdwicks, even acting as president of the breed association for a time. Between 1930 and 1938 she won a number of prizes for Herdwick ewes at shows across Cumbria. Upon her death in 1943, she bequeathed fifteen farms—approximately a total sum of 4,000 acres (16 km²)—to the National Trust, and per her instructions all continue to graze Herdwick flocks. In the modern era, the main industry of the Lake"
"always the case. Globally, the conservation status of this species is vulnerable. In the United Kingdom this species is abundant but declining, and mainly a southern English species. ""Cephalanthera"" comes from the Greek κεφαλή ανθηρός, meaning ""head flowering"", thought to be a reference to the protruding position of the anthers. The species epithet ""damasonium"" also comes from Ancient Greek and means 'I take away/diminish', possibly referring to a medical use for the plant. ""Helleborine"" may refer to deer using the orchid for food (many conservationists have noted that helleborine orchids are grazed by deer ). Alternatively it may denote that"
"ranked lower than the ealdorman or earl. The Old English word ""ġerēfa"" was originally a general term, but soon acquired a more technical meaning. Land was divided into a large number of hides—an area containing enough farmable land to support one household. Ten hides constituted a tithings, and the families living upon it (in theory, 10 families) were obliged to undertake an early form of neighbourhood watch, by a collective responsibility system called ""frankpledge"". Tithings were organised into groups of 10, called ""hundreds"" due to containing 100 hides; in modern times, these ancient hundreds still mostly retain their historic boundaries,"
"Tarring, West Sussex Tarring, officially West Tarring, is a neighbourhood of the Borough of Worthing in West Sussex, England. It lies on the A2031 road north-west of the town centre. It is called ""West Tarring"", or less commonly ""Tarring Peverell"", to differentiate it from Tarring Neville near Lewes. Tarring was given by King Athelstan of England to the archbishops of Canterbury in the 10th century. At the time of the Domesday Book in 1086, the village was known as ""Terringes"". It is thought that the place name means ""Teorra's people"", with Teorra being a Saxon settler. There is a tradition"
"for pasture. Cotheridge Cotheridge is a village and civil parish (with Broadwas) in the district of Malvern Hills in the county of Worcestershire, England. It is west of the city of Worcester and a mile north-east of the Leigh Court railway station on the Great Western Railway on the opposite side of the River Teme.<br> The River Teme flows on the southern and south-western part of the village where the land is low-lying and is susceptible to flooding. The soil content is loam and clay with the subsoil being Keuper Marl. The village is small with most of its residents"
"Teuchter Teuchter () is a Lowland Scots word originally used to describe a Scottish Highlander, in particular a Gaelic-speaking Highlander. Like most such cultural epithets, it can be seen as offensive, but is often seen as amusing by the speaker. The term is contemptuous, essentially describing someone seen to be uncouth and rural. The word also shows up as ""cheuchter, chuchter, teuchtar, chookter"" but has no universally accepted orthography. From relative obscurity, it gained currency around 1910. There are three main theories on the etymology of the word: One folk etymology/urban myth is that during the First World War, many"
"Cotheridge Cotheridge is a village and civil parish (with Broadwas) in the district of Malvern Hills in the county of Worcestershire, England. It is west of the city of Worcester and a mile north-east of the Leigh Court railway station on the Great Western Railway on the opposite side of the River Teme.<br> The River Teme flows on the southern and south-western part of the village where the land is low-lying and is susceptible to flooding. The soil content is loam and clay with the subsoil being Keuper Marl. The village is small with most of its residents being widespread."
"Cetra Cetra, a Latin word borrowed from Greek, is an Italian descendant of ""κιθάρα"" (cithara). It is a synonym for the cittern but has been used for other instruments. The cithara was a stringed musical instrument, constructed in wood and similar to the lyre, with a larger harmonic case. It was widely used in ancient times. The instrument spread from ancient Greece, where it was played by professional citaredi, to Rome and Corsica. While originally a word for a lyre in Greece, eventually the word was applied to a necked-instrument. The name cetra was seen by musicologist and historian Laurence"
"the instruments depicted, come in a variety of shapes and sizes and tend to be lyres rather than characteristic triangular harps. Irish hymn texts of the period refer to the performance of hymns and psalms as being accompanied by a lyre and such quadrangular instruments were used in religious ceremonies due to their small size from the introduction of Christianity to Ireland. Gerald of Wales cites the ""Cythera"" Kithara of St Kevin playing by Irish abbots and bishops for chants and funeral lamentations. Such instruments were prized in Ireland well into the 12th century. From an Irish perspective, three distinct"
"Hertfordshire, due from sokemen. In Hertfordshire, inward is found only in the manor of Hitchin. Avera and inward In medieval England, avera and inward (or inguard) were feudal obligations assessed against a royal demesne. The terms refer to various services rendered to the crown in lieu of payment in coin. ""Avera"" is connected with carrying items by horse, or possibly ploughing or both. ""Inward"" is probably the provision of a bodyguard during a royal visit: in Anglo-Saxon England it could be claimed by a sheriff. The services could usually be commuted to a monetary payment: in Hertfordshire avera could be"
"systems or the older ones. To count a large number of sheep, a shepherd would repeatedly count to twenty, placing a mark on the ground, or move his hand to another mark on his crook, or drop a pebble into his pocket to represent each score (e.g. 5 score sheep = 100 sheep). Their use is also attested in a knitting song from Yorkshire. The English composer Harrison Birtwistle (born 1934) composed a chamber opera entitled ""Yan Tan Tethera"" (subtitled ""a mechanical pastoral"") in 1984 with a libretto by the poet Tony Harrison. It is based on a folk tale"
"parishes contiguous with this are those of Wymondham, Great Melton, Little Melton, Colney, Cringleford, Intwood (now part of Keswick) and Ketteringham. The meaning of the name of Hethersett is not clear; the guide to the church suggests the enclosure for the deer: 'heedra' is an Old English word for heather or heath, and 'set' is Old English for a dwelling place, camp, stable or fold. This would give the meaning as being that of a camp or enclosure on the heath. Although the name is Saxon, we have evidence of earlier settlers; a New Stone Age long barrow (burial mound)"
"was used to record family interactions such as marriage and inheritance. These records are useful for historians because such information allows for a more in-depth understanding of land ownership among Ottomans. This is particularly helpful when attempting to study the daily affairs of Ottoman citizens. Some Ottoman officials responsible for these tax registries were known as ""defterdars"". Records of this kind are known as ""daftars"" in Northern India as well, for instance the ""Peshwa's daftar"" of Pune. The term is derived from Greek ""diphthera διφθέρα"", literally ""processed animal skin, leather, fur"", meaning a book, having pages of goat parchment used"
"of the jester (hence the Latin gloss of ""curra""). Thyle A thyle (OE ""Þyle"", ON ""Þulr"") was a member of the court associated with Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon royalty and chieftains in the Early Middle Ages, whose precise role is uncertain but probably had to do with the preservation of knowledge of the past and the judging of present statements against it. Most literary references are found in Icelandic and Old English literature like the ""Hávamál"", where the term ""Fimbulþulr"", ""the great thyle"", presumably refers to Odin himself, and ""Beowulf"". In ""Gautreks saga"", Starkad is referred to as a þulr after"
"Prime Minister (and Kesteven native) Margaret Thatcher took 'of Kesteven' as the territorial designation for her peerage. Kesteven The Parts of Kesteven ( or ) are a traditional subdivision of Lincolnshire, England. This subdivision had long had a separate county administration (quarter sessions), along with the other two parts, Lindsey and Holland. The word ""Kesteven"" is supposed to have derived from two root words: the Celtic ' meaning wood (compare Modern Welsh ') and the Old Norse """", a meeting place. The earliest record of the place name is from about 1000 AD (in the Pipe Rolls of Lincolnshire) and"
"the or meaning ""mound"" or ""barrow"". The German historian Thietmar, Count of Merseburg wrote that the Daner had their main cult centre on Zealand at Lejre, where they gathered every nine years and sacrificed 99 people but also horses, dogs and hens. There are however no historical records from Scandinavian sources nor any archeological findings supporting this. Archaeological excavations have indeed revealed Lejre to be of great importance and in fact the seat of the royal family dating to at least the Iron Age. There is not conclusive evidence that Lejre was the site of a main cult centre though,"
"Hethe Hethe is a village and civil parish about north of Bicester in Oxfordshire, England. The village's toponym comes from the Old English ""hæð"" meaning ""heath, uncultivated ground"". Before and after the Norman Conquest of England Wulfward the White, a thegn of King Edward the Confessor's Queen Edith, owned the manor of Hethe. However, by 1086 William the Conqueror had granted the manor to Geoffrey de Montbray, who was both Bishop of Coutances and also one of William's senior military commanders. By the 12th century the manor belonged to the Earls of Gloucester, with whom it stayed until the 4th"
"and the United Kingdom. Taffeta has seen use for purposes other than clothing fabric, including the following: Taffeta Taffeta (; archaically spelled taffety) is a crisp, smooth, plain woven fabric made from silk or cuprammonium rayons as well as acetate and polyester. The word is Persian in origin and means ""twisted woven"". It is considered to be a ""high-end"" fabric, suitable for use in ball gowns, wedding dresses, and in interior decoration for curtains or wallcoverings. It is also widely used in the manufacture of corsets and corsetry: it yields a more starched-like type of cloth that holds its shape"
"British Museum received a skull. The genus remained misclassified until 1867, when Albert Günther of the British Museum noted features similar to birds, turtles, and crocodiles. He proposed the order Rhynchocephalia (meaning ""beak head"") for the tuatara and its fossil relatives. Many disparately related species were subsequently added to the Rhynchocephalia, resulting in what taxonomists call a ""wastebasket taxon"". Williston proposed the Sphenodontia to include only tuatara and their closest fossil relatives in 1925. ""Sphenodon"" is derived from the Greek for ""wedge"" (σφήν, σφηνός/""sphenos"") and ""tooth"" (ὀδούς, ὀδόντος/""odontos""). Tuatara have been referred to as living fossils, which means that they"
"Mitre The mitre (British English) (; Greek: μίτρα, ""headband"" or ""turban"") or miter (American English; see spelling differences), is a type of headgear now known as the traditional, ceremonial head-dress of bishops and certain abbots in traditional Christianity. Mitres are worn in the Orthodox Church, Roman Catholic Church, as well as in the Anglican Communion, some Lutheran churches, and also bishops and certain other clergy in the Eastern Catholic Churches and the Oriental Orthodox Churches. The Metropolitan of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church also wears a mitre during important ceremonies such as the Episcopal Consecration. μίτρα, ""mítra"" (Ionic μίτρη,"
"piece of pre-decimal British currency: the crown. Tosheroon can also apply to the conglomeration of items caught up in mud and debris, that form a ball shaped entity in the sewers and can sometimes grow quite large. A tosher in Victorian London is the profession of the title character in ""Dodger"", a 2012 novel by Terry Pratchett. Tosher A tosher is someone who scavenges in the sewers, a sewer-hunter, especially in London during the Victorian era. The word tosher was also used to describe the thieves who stripped valuable copper from the hulls of ships moored along the Thames. The"
"(in Bersted) and Madehurst. Placename evidence for early assemblies in Sussex comes from Tinhale (from the Old English ""þing"" (thing) meaning hold a meeting, so 'meeting-hill') and Madehurst (from the Old English ""maedel"" meaning assembly, so 'assembly wooded hill'). There is also a location in Durrington that had the name ""gemot biorh"" meaning a moot barrow or meeting barrow, a boundary barrow. The early hundreds often lacked the formality of later attempts of local government: frequently they met in the open, at a convenient central spot, perhaps marked by a tree, as at Easebourne. Dill, meaning the boarded meeting place,"
"the Greek word kithara, an instrument used in Ancient Greece. The German scholar Michael Praetorius described a small English cittern as a """" in his treatise ""Syntagma Musicum"", published during the early 17th century, recording the language consonant shift. It is not fully understood how 'zitter' or 'zither' came to be applied to the instruments in this article as well as German varieties of the cittern. Other types of zither also existed in Germany, mostly drone zithers like the scheitholt (which was mentioned by Praetorius) or hummel, but these generally have their own individual regional names and may have been"
"some Hindu texts is also referred to as Kshetra (IAST: ""kṣētra"", ), literally any ""field, area, tract of land"". A ""kshetra"" denotes a holy precinct or temenos. ""Kshetra"" is also an etymon of the Avestan term ""Xšaθra"" ""[Desirable] Dominion"", which holds the semantic field ""power"" and is also a personal name for a divinity or immortal who comprises one of the Amesha Spentas of Zoroastrianism. Xšaθra or ""Shahrevar"" conquered that which was evil and annexed territory thus won, proffering it to the honest, peaceable and humble. A ""kshetra"" often refers to a collection of ""tirtha"" locations (temples, river banks) in"
"pœithaw ""butterfly"" G *tetarr ""nail"", Y *yathal ""nail, spider shell"", At imunhthal ""nail"", *yathaa ""nail, spider shell"", WCL awar ""nail, talon, claw"", tete ""animal/bird leg"", cf. MM teter ""lower leg, upper foot"", WCL (KLY,KulY,KY) yathai, (KLY) yatha, (OKY) yathar ""spider shell"". G tiida, Y tinta, At tinta, A tinta ""gun"" (Could the possibly be a loan from English ""tinder""?), WCL gagay(i) ""bow(-and-arrow), gun"" G *thawarr, Y ukuru, At —, A —, WCl kagar ""seaweed"", thawal ""coast, shore, shoreline"" (the WCL word suggests a miscommunication between MacGillivray and his informant(s), mistaking ""seaweed"" for ""coast, shore, shoreline"". G *theraapi, Y matapudha, At"
"Verderer Verderers are officials in Britain who deal with common land in certain former royal hunting areas which are the property of the Crown. The office was developed in the Middle Ages to administer forest law on behalf of the King. Verderers investigated and recorded minor offences such as the taking of venison and the illegal cutting of woodland, and dealt with the day-to-day forest administration. In the modern era, verderers are still to be found in the New Forest, the Forest of Dean, and Epping Forest, where they serve to protect commoning practices, and conserve the traditional landscape and"
"Tosher A tosher is someone who scavenges in the sewers, a sewer-hunter, especially in London during the Victorian era. The word tosher was also used to describe the thieves who stripped valuable copper from the hulls of ships moored along the Thames. The related slang term ""tosh"" referred to valuables thus collected, both are of unknown origin. ""Tosher"" was also recorded from a slightly earlier period as undergraduates' slang for ""an unattached or non-collegiate student at a university having residential colleges."" A similar-sounding term from the same period, ""tosheroon"" has been applied to a tosher in error, but denotes a"