Traces of History in the Names of Places: With a Vocabulary of the Roots Out of which Names of Places in England and Wales are FormedLongmans, Green and Company, 1872 - Всего страниц: 332 |
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... rivers and mountains must have received their names long before the Cymry arrived . The coincidence of a few place ... river and mountain names help us . Now in England and Wales the only words of this class which are relied upon as ...
... rivers and mountains must have received their names long before the Cymry arrived . The coincidence of a few place ... river and mountain names help us . Now in England and Wales the only words of this class which are relied upon as ...
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... rivers from trees is a common fact of nomenclature in England . Calder is a word which may be attributed with equal probability to ... river of that name in Scotland . Douglas is noticed below , under the word lâs , 14 THE NAMES OF PLACES .
... rivers from trees is a common fact of nomenclature in England . Calder is a word which may be attributed with equal probability to ... river of that name in Scotland . Douglas is noticed below , under the word lâs , 14 THE NAMES OF PLACES .
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... river Don is an example of its use , as meaning the water . Eden , the name of the river in Cymry - land , or Cumberland , must be conceded as Gaelic . It is not the same as Eden in Edensor ( Derb . ) , or Edin in Edinburgh , which must ...
... river Don is an example of its use , as meaning the water . Eden , the name of the river in Cymry - land , or Cumberland , must be conceded as Gaelic . It is not the same as Eden in Edensor ( Derb . ) , or Edin in Edinburgh , which must ...
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... rivers . There is no proof that the Britons ever had any river gods or goddesses ; and I think we may safely adhere to the etymology which treats Nid , Nith , and Nedd as kindred to nawdd , a retreat , probably indicating the lonely ...
... rivers . There is no proof that the Britons ever had any river gods or goddesses ; and I think we may safely adhere to the etymology which treats Nid , Nith , and Nedd as kindred to nawdd , a retreat , probably indicating the lonely ...
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... river - names in South Britain , but does not occur in Scotland at all ; and I see no greater reason for supposing it to be a pre - British word when found in a river - name than when we find it in the British verb allwy , to pour out ...
... river - names in South Britain , but does not occur in Scotland at all ; and I see no greater reason for supposing it to be a pre - British word when found in a river - name than when we find it in the British verb allwy , to pour out ...
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