Cumberland & Westmorland, Ancient and Modern: The People, Dialect, Superstitions and CustomsWhittaker and Company, 1857 - 171 sider |
Fra bogen
Resultater 6-10 af 23
Side 41
... mountains . But , as we have seen , at the bottom of all such exaggerations there is generally a grain or two of truth . Between the Germans and Scandinavians of Europe , a marked distinction always existed . The first permanent Gothic ...
... mountains . But , as we have seen , at the bottom of all such exaggerations there is generally a grain or two of truth . Between the Germans and Scandinavians of Europe , a marked distinction always existed . The first permanent Gothic ...
Side 44
... mountains , they settled on the coasts of the Atlantic . Both these tribes were provided with iron weapons , but continued to burn the corpse down to a late period . The Iron age thus intro- duced into the north , flourished in Sweden ...
... mountains , they settled on the coasts of the Atlantic . Both these tribes were provided with iron weapons , but continued to burn the corpse down to a late period . The Iron age thus intro- duced into the north , flourished in Sweden ...
Side 47
... mountain torrent ) , a stream . — The Fr. borne , a boundary . The two parts of Wytheburn ( C. C. gwyth ) translate each other . Holborn in London ( holtbourne ) , the wooded stream , was probably once the name of the Fleet . Ham , a ...
... mountain torrent ) , a stream . — The Fr. borne , a boundary . The two parts of Wytheburn ( C. C. gwyth ) translate each other . Holborn in London ( holtbourne ) , the wooded stream , was probably once the name of the Fleet . Ham , a ...
Side 49
... mountain , a hill . - The Angle field , the side or slope of the hill , as in Sheffield . - Fairfield ( D. faar ) , the sheep fell , Souter Fell , the southern fell . Cf. Sutherland , Scotland , the southern land . Ford ( D. fiord ) ...
... mountain , a hill . - The Angle field , the side or slope of the hill , as in Sheffield . - Fairfield ( D. faar ) , the sheep fell , Souter Fell , the southern fell . Cf. Sutherland , Scotland , the southern land . Ford ( D. fiord ) ...
Side 50
... mountain chasm ) , a glen . Haugh , how ( N. haugr ) , a hill or burial - mound . Bruckenhow , the hill at the bridge . Holme ( N. holmi ) , a little island , as the holmes in Windermere . Eq . the D. ö . The Danish and Angle use of the ...
... mountain chasm ) , a glen . Haugh , how ( N. haugr ) , a hill or burial - mound . Bruckenhow , the hill at the bridge . Holme ( N. holmi ) , a little island , as the holmes in Windermere . Eq . the D. ö . The Danish and Angle use of the ...
Andre udgaver - Se alle
Cumberland & Westmorland, Ancient & Modern: The People, Dialect ... Jeremiah Sullivan Ingen forhåndsvisning - 2020 |
Almindelige termer og sætninger
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 Cumberland Cumberland and Westmorland Cumbrian dialect Cumrew Cumwhitton 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 SUPERSTITIONS AND CUSTOMS supposed Tatár town traces tradition tribes Ullswater village vowel Wales Welsh Westmorland whilst witch words Worsaae