Cumberland & Westmorland, Ancient and Modern: The People, Dialect, Superstitions and CustomsWhittaker and Company, 1857 - 171 sider |
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Side 42
... became the name of an Englishman , and eventually a synonyme for a stranger . The remoteness of Cumbria , and the difficult nature of the ground , saved these counties from the storm that broke over the south of Britain . Moreover , the ...
... became the name of an Englishman , and eventually a synonyme for a stranger . The remoteness of Cumbria , and the difficult nature of the ground , saved these counties from the storm that broke over the south of Britain . Moreover , the ...
Side 55
... became a synonyme for a hero , and that from him are descended the O'Neills of Ireland , which genitive passing back into Scandinavia , made out the equivalent Nelson . Again , the Cumbrian name so long spelt Grame , is of course ...
... became a synonyme for a hero , and that from him are descended the O'Neills of Ireland , which genitive passing back into Scandinavia , made out the equivalent Nelson . Again , the Cumbrian name so long spelt Grame , is of course ...
Side 73
... became the A. S. ceaster , with the narrow expression appearing as an e , which the national organ being unable to accommodate , converted into the palatal ch in chester . The hard 9 under similar circumstances has been changed into the ...
... became the A. S. ceaster , with the narrow expression appearing as an e , which the national organ being unable to accommodate , converted into the palatal ch in chester . The hard 9 under similar circumstances has been changed into the ...
Side 76
... became Perith , just as the Scandinavians out of Pentland Frith made Petland Frith , thence conjectured into the land of the Picts . Harry from Henry is a similar instance . Eamont , Beckermont , and some other words EUPHONIC SOUNDS ...
... became Perith , just as the Scandinavians out of Pentland Frith made Petland Frith , thence conjectured into the land of the Picts . Harry from Henry is a similar instance . Eamont , Beckermont , and some other words EUPHONIC SOUNDS ...
Side 92
... became gradually obsolete , English rules obtained an ascendancy , and left nothing but a stray phrase or idiom to tell of its former state . Amongst the terminations in the names of places are some that could not be classed with the ...
... became gradually obsolete , English rules obtained an ascendancy , and left nothing but a stray phrase or idiom to tell of its former state . Amongst the terminations in the names of places are some that could not be classed with the ...
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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