1. _England._ The LUG. Hereford.
_Wales._ The LOOE. Two rivers.
_France._ The LOUE. Dep. Haute Vienne.
_Germany._ LOUCH(AHA), 11th cent. The LAUCHA.
LOUA, 10th cent., not identified.
_Holland._ The LAVE.
_Finland._ The LUGA or LOUGA.
2. _With the ending en._
_England._ The LUNE. Lancashire.
The LAINE. Cornwall.
The LEVEN. Two rivers.
_Scotland._ The LEVEN. Two rivers.
_Ireland._ The LAGAN, near Belfast.
_France._ LUNA ant., now the LOING.
_Germany._ LOGAN(AHA), 8th cent., now the LAHN.
The LOWNA in Prussia.
_Norway._ The LOUGAN. Joins the Glommen.
The LOUVEN. Stift Christiana.
_Russia._ The LUGAN.
_Italy._ The LAVINO.
The lake LUGANO.
_India._ The LOONY--here?
3. _With the ending er._
_Scotland._ The LUGAR. Ayr.
_Wales._ The LLOUGHOR. Glamorgan.
To the above root I also place the following, corresponding more
distinctly with Welsh _llifo_, to pour.
1. _Ireland._ The LIFFEY by Dublin.
_Germany._ LUPPIA, 1st cent. The LIPPE.
The LIP(KA). Bohemia.
2. _With the ending er._
_England._ The LIVER. Cornwall.
_Scotland._ The LIVER. Argyle.
_Ireland._ The LIFFAR.
More remotely with the Sansc. _lî_, liquere, and directly with Welsh
_lleithio_, to moisten, _llyddo_, to pour, Gael. _lith_, a pool, smooth
water, Goth. _leithus_, Ang.-Sax. _lidh_, liquor, poculum, potus, I
connect the following. The rivers themselves hardly seem to bear out the
special idea of smoothness, which we might be apt to infer from the
root, and from the character of the mythological river Lethe.
1. _England._ The LID. Joins the Tamar.
_Scotland._ The LEITH. Co. Edinburgh.
_Wales._ The LAITH, now called the Dyfr.
_Germany._ LIT(AHA), 11th cent. The LEITHA.
_Sweden._ The LIDA.
_Hungary._ The LEITHA. Joins the Danube.
_Asia Minor._}
_Thessaly._ } LETHÆUS ant., three rivers--here?
_Crete._ }
2. _With the ending en._
_England._ The LIDDEN (Leden, _Cod. Dip._) Worcester.
_Scotland._ The LEITHAN. Peebles.
3. _With the ending el._
_Scotland._ The LIDDLE. Joins the Esk.
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