Cumberland & Westmorland, Ancient and Modern: The People, Dialect, Superstitions and CustomsWhittaker and Company, 1857 - 171 sider |
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Side 19
... derivations from the Basque mendia , a hill , gara , a height . Hiber- nia , the west country , is identical with Iberia ; and it is impossible to say which language has been the borrower . The Silures and the Brigantes were probably ...
... derivations from the Basque mendia , a hill , gara , a height . Hiber- nia , the west country , is identical with Iberia ; and it is impossible to say which language has been the borrower . The Silures and the Brigantes were probably ...
Side 34
... derivation would be too indefinite ) is probably the origin of Apple - by . Antoninus's Itinerary . ALBION ( C. alb , a hill ) the hill country . Frequent in old Italian names of places , Alba Longa , the long hill , etc. Cf. Albanus ...
... derivation would be too indefinite ) is probably the origin of Apple - by . Antoninus's Itinerary . ALBION ( C. alb , a hill ) the hill country . Frequent in old Italian names of places , Alba Longa , the long hill , etc. Cf. Albanus ...
Side 35
... derivation throws light on the myth of Albion and Bergion ( Ger . berg , a hill ) , sons of Neptune , who were killed by Hercules . Ptolemy's Alouion , eq . Alvion , explains the name of the Helvii , and Helvetii of Switzerland . In Alp ...
... derivation throws light on the myth of Albion and Bergion ( Ger . berg , a hill ) , sons of Neptune , who were killed by Hercules . Ptolemy's Alouion , eq . Alvion , explains the name of the Helvii , and Helvetii of Switzerland . In Alp ...
Side 38
... derivation as Torpen's how . Cf. Pen- how , Monmouth . TUNNOCELLUM , C. C. tun uchel , the high fort , placed at Bowness in Cumberland . ULLSWATER ( H. C. uille , the elbow ) , the name given to the upper part of the lake , as Pool to ...
... derivation as Torpen's how . Cf. Pen- how , Monmouth . TUNNOCELLUM , C. C. tun uchel , the high fort , placed at Bowness in Cumberland . ULLSWATER ( H. C. uille , the elbow ) , the name given to the upper part of the lake , as Pool to ...
Side 82
... derivation as the last word , val , a hill , wald , a forest . Cf. G. waller , a traveller , and It . forestiero ( a forester ) , a stranger . The Whale of Westmorland was the name given by the Angles of Helton to the " foreigners " on ...
... derivation as the last word , val , a hill , wald , a forest . Cf. G. waller , a traveller , and It . forestiero ( a forester ) , a stranger . The Whale of Westmorland was the name given by the Angles of Helton to the " foreigners " on ...
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Ambleside amongst ancient Angles appears Baal belong Beltain Blencogo boggle bone-fires Britain Bronze age burial-place cairn called Cambro-Celts Castle Celtiberians Celtic Celts century CHAPTER Christian colonised connexion Cornwall Cultram Cumberland Cumberland and Westmorland Cumbrian dialect Cumrew Cumwhitton custom Danes Danish Denmark district doubt Eamont Edenhall England English euphonic Europe evidence existence fairies fell fire fireworship former German giants Gothic graves Hiberno-Celtic hill Iberian inhabitants Ireland Irish Irish language island Kendal kind Kirkby Kirkby Stephen Kirkby Thore Lancashire land language late latter Luck of Edenhall means mixed modern monument mountain names of places neighbourhood night Norse observed once origin orthography peculiar Penrith period person pond present probably pronunciation race remains remarkable river Roman Saxon says Scandinavian Silures Stone age story superstition supposed Tatár town traces tradition tribes Ullswater village vowel Wales Welsh Westmorland whilst witch words Worsaae