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1 rigour
['riɡə]1) (strictness; harshness.) harka, strangleiki2) ((also rigours noun plural) (of weather etc) the state of being very bad or unpleasant, or the hardship caused by this: the rigour(s) of life in the Arctic Circle.) harka, harðindi•- rigorous- rigorously
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