Saxony, Prussia

It was extended by Otto the Great to the Oder, but was reduced by the Wendish rising of 983 to the region west of the Elbe. Albert the Bear was made margrave of the Nordmark in 1134. It is known now as the Nordre Bergenhus (nor'dre ber'gen-hös). A province in the western part of Norway. Area, 7,145 square miles. Population (1891), 87,552. Nordsjö (nor'shė). A lake near the southern coast of Norway. Length, 28 miles. Nordstrand (nord's tränt). A small island in the North Sea, belonging to North Fries land, situated west of Schleswig. Before 1634 it was connected with the neighboring Pellworm and other islands. Nore (nor). A name given to a a sand-bank in the estuary of the Thames 4 miles northeast of Sheerne , or to the neighboring part of the estuary itself. Nore, Mutiny at the. A mutiny of the British fleet at the Nore, May-June, 1797. It was forcibly suppre ed. Norfolk (nor'fok). [AS. Northfolc , northern people.] An eastern county of England. It is bounded by the North Sea on the north and east, Suffolk on the south, and Cambridge and Lincoln on the west. Its surface is generally flat, and it contains many marshes and fens. It is largely an agricultural county, producing barley, wheat, turnips, etc., and has woolen and other man. ufactures, and herring-fisheries. The early inhabitants (Iceni) were subdued by the Romans in 62 A. D. It was colonized by the Angles; formed part of East Anglia; was by the in 870; and sided with the Parliament in the civil war. The chief town is Norwich.