Geographical etymology: a dictionary of place-names giving their derivationsBlackie, Christina
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Geographical etymology: a dictionary of place-names giving their derivations
Blackie, Christina
Names, Geographical
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FOOTNOTES:
[1] _Ancient Books of Wales_, vol. i. p. 144, with reference to the
famous work of Chalmers, the _Caledonia_.
[2] _A_, signifying in possession, seems to be derived from _a_, Old
Norse, I have; _aga_, I possess. The Old English _awe_, to own, is
still retained in the north of England and in Aberdeenshire.
[3] Caer-afon (the fortress on the water) was its ancient name.
[4] It obtained the name from two large stones that lay on the roadside
near the church, and possessed that property.
[5] For the word _Beltein_, _v._ Joyce’s _Irish Names of Places_, vol.
i. p. 187; Chambers’s _Encyclopædia_; and Petrie’s _Round Towers of
Ireland_.
Transcriber’s Notes:
1. Obvious printers’, punctuation and spelling errors have been
corrected silently.
2. Some hyphenated and non-hyphenated versions of the same words have
been retained as in the original.
3. Italics are shown as _xxx_.
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