2. _With the ending er._ _France._ The TARDOIRE. Dep. Charente. _Aust. Italy._ The TARTARO. 3. _With the ending es._ _Spain._ TARTESSUS ant., now the Guadalquiver. With the Sansc. _till_, to move, to agitate, we may probably connect the Gael. _dile_ and _tuil_, Welsh _diluw_, _dylif_, _dylwch_, a flood, deluge, as also Ang.-Sax. _dilgian_, German _tilgen_, to overthrow, destroy, &c. The Ang.-Sax. _dêlan_, Germ. _thielen_, to divide, in the sense of boundary, may however intermix in these names. 1. _England._ The TILL. Northumberland. _Ireland._ The DEEL. Limerick. _Germany._ The DILL. Nassau. _Belgium._ THILIA, 9th cent., now the DYLE in Bravant. _Switzerland._ The THIELE. 2. _With the ending en._ _Germany._ The TOLLEN. Mecklenburg-Schwerin. 3. _With the ending er._ _Scotland._ The DILLAR burn. Lesmahagow. 4. _With the ending es._ _Germany._ The TILSE, by Tilsit. With the two Welsh forms _dylif_ and _dylwch_, deluge, we may perhaps connect the following, though for the former the Ang.-Sax. _delfan_, to dig, _delf_, a ditch, may also be suitable. _Germany._ DELV(UNDA), 9th century, now the DELVEN(AU). DELCHANA, 11th century, now the DALCKE. From the Gael. and Ir. _taosg_, to pour, _tias_, tide, flood, may be the following. Perhaps the special sense of cataract may come in, at least in some cases, as two of the under-noted rivers, the Tees and the Tosa, are noted for their falls. 1. _England._ The TEES. Durham. _Switzerland._ The TÖSS. Cant. Zurich. _Piedmont._ The TOSA. _Russia._ The TESCHA. Joins the Oka. _Hungary._ TYSIA ant., now the THEISS. _Greece._ TIASA ant. Laconia. _India._ The TOUSE--here? 2. _With the ending en._ _Switzerland._ The TESSIN or TICINO. _Germany._ The DESNA. Joins the Dnieper. _France._ The TACON. Dep. Jura. 3. _With the ending el._ _Germany._ TUSSALE (_Genitive_), 11th cent., now the DUSSEL by Düsseldorf. 4. _With the ending st._[47] _England._ The TEST. Hants. _Germany._ The DISTA. Prussia. _India._ The TEESTA--here? From the Sansc. _gad_ or _gand_, Ang.-Sax. _geôtan_, Suio-Goth. _gjuta_, Danish _gyde_, Old Norse _giosa_, Old High Ger. _giezen_, Obs. Gael. _guis_, all having the meaning of Eng. "gush," we get the following. The Gotha or Gœta of Sweden may probably derive its name from the well-known fall which it makes at Trolhætta. So also the Gaddada of Hindostan is noted for its falls; and the Giessbach is of European celebrity. But in some of the other names the sense may not extend beyond that of wandering, as we find it in Eng. _gad_, which I take to be also from this root. Or that of stream, as in Old High Germ. _giozo_, Gael. and Ir. _gaisidh_, rivulus.