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Lund
Lund , city (1990 pop. 62,910), Malmöhus co., S Sweden. It is a commercial and industrial center and a rail junction. Manufactures include paper, packaging, printed materials, and clothing. Mentioned (c.920) in the sagas as Lunda, it became the Roman Catholic archiepiscopal see for Scandinavia in 1103-4 and subsequently flourished as an ecclesiastical and trade center. The city declined after it became (1536) a Lutheran bishopric, and it was devastated during the Danish-Swedish wars of the 17th cent. It passed definitively to Sweden in 1658 with Skåne prov. In 1668 Charles XI dedicated the Univ. of Lund, where the poet Esaias Tegner (1782-1846) later taught. The theological faculty of the university was well known in the 19th cent. The city is also the site of a technical university. Lund has a fine 11th-century Romanesque cathedral and a museum of folk customs. |
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"Lund." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Lund." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Lund.html "Lund." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Lund.html |
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Lund. Apart from one brief break, Lund was the seat of an archbishop from 1104 to 1536. The university dates from 1668. In the 19th cent. the theological faculty stood for a conservative and ‘High Church’ tradition in contrast to the liberalizing theology of Uppsala. In 1952 the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches held a conference here which enunciated what became known as the ‘Lund Principle’: ‘Should not our Churches … act together in all matters, except those in which deep doctrinal differences of opinion compel them to act separately?’
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Lund." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Lund." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-Lund.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Lund." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-Lund.html |
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Lund, Canada, Denmark, Sweden, USA Sweden: founded c.1020 in what is now Malmöhus County, but which was then controlled by the Danes, by Canute II (c.995–1035), King of Denmark (as Knut, 1019–35) and King of England (as Canute I, 1016–35) with a Medieval Latin name of Londinum Gothorum ‘Londinum of the Goths’. The present name probably comes from the Old Scandinavian lundr ‘small wood’ or ‘grove’.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Lund." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Lund." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Lund.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Lund." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Lund.html |
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Lund, ‘small wood or grove’, OScand. lundr: Lund E. R. Yorks. Lont 1086 (DB). Lund N. Yorks., near Barlby. Lund 1066–9, Lont 1086 (DB).
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A. D. MILLS. "Lund." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. A. D. MILLS. "Lund." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Lund.html A. D. MILLS. "Lund." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Lund.html |
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Lund •abound, aground, around, astound, bound, compound, confound, dumbfound, expound, found, ground, hound, impound, interwound, mound, pound, profound, propound, redound, round, sound, stoneground, surround, theatre-in-the-round (US theater-in-the-round), underground, wound
•spellbound • westbound • casebound
•eastbound • windbound • hidebound
•fogbound • stormbound
•northbound • housebound
•outbound • southbound • snowbound
•weatherbound • earthbound
•hellhound • greyhound • foxhound
•newshound • wolfhound
•bloodhound • background
•battleground • campground
•fairground • playground
•whip-round • foreground
•showground • merry-go-round
•runaround • turnaround • ultrasound
•pre-owned, unowned
•unchaperoned • poind • untuned
•Lund
•bund, fund, Lund, rotund
•moribund • cummerbund
•Rosamund • orotund
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"Lund." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Lund." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Lund.html "Lund." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Lund.html |
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