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Side 33
To this class belongs the silly mistake of supposing the British balefires to have
been the “ fires of Baal , ” which has solely arisen from the name having become
so familiar through the Bible . Secondly , there is a vanity in language that wishes
...
To this class belongs the silly mistake of supposing the British balefires to have
been the “ fires of Baal , ” which has solely arisen from the name having become
so familiar through the Bible . Secondly , there is a vanity in language that wishes
...
Side 35
Cæsar says : “ The system of Druidism is thought to have been formed in Britain ,
and from thence carried over into Gaul ; and now those who wish to be more
accurately versed in it , for the most part go thither ( to Britain ) , in order to
become ...
Cæsar says : “ The system of Druidism is thought to have been formed in Britain ,
and from thence carried over into Gaul ; and now those who wish to be more
accurately versed in it , for the most part go thither ( to Britain ) , in order to
become ...
Side 36
CORNEY ( C. C. corn , a horn ) , with the ending ey , has become the name of a
river , originally the peninsula . Cf. Corn - wall . CROGLIN , H. C. carraig , the rock
, linne , of the water . CROWDUNDLE ( H. C. corrach , a marsh , dun , the fort ) ...
CORNEY ( C. C. corn , a horn ) , with the ending ey , has become the name of a
river , originally the peninsula . Cf. Corn - wall . CROGLIN , H. C. carraig , the rock
, linne , of the water . CROWDUNDLE ( H. C. corrach , a marsh , dun , the fort ) ...
Side 46
Substantive names have already become endings ; and through this arises a
facility of dealing with them , —they may be classed by their terminations , and
thus apportioned to the different peoples . It holds good as a general rule , that no
tribe ...
Substantive names have already become endings ; and through this arises a
facility of dealing with them , —they may be classed by their terminations , and
thus apportioned to the different peoples . It holds good as a general rule , that no
tribe ...
Side 47
It has become wich in the Saxon parts of England . Worth ( N. virki , a mound , an
entrenchment , D. värge , to defend , Eng . work ) , a village originating in a
fortified house . Cf. the D. wark . Naworth ( G. neu , new ) and Newark have
precisely ...
It has become wich in the Saxon parts of England . Worth ( N. virki , a mound , an
entrenchment , D. värge , to defend , Eng . work ) , a village originating in a
fortified house . Cf. the D. wark . Naworth ( G. neu , new ) and Newark have
precisely ...
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Bibliografiske oplysninger
| Titel | Cumberland & Westmorland, Ancient and Modern: The People, Dialect, Superstitions and Customs |
| Forfatter | Jeremiah Sullivan |
| Udgiver | Whittaker and Company, 1857 |
| Oprindeligt fra | Det bayerske statsbibliotek |
| Digitaliseret | 8. sep 2009 |
| Længde | 171 sider |
| Eksporter henvisning | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |