1. _England._ The SWALE. Two rivers, Kent and Yorkshire. The SWILY. Gloucestershire. _Ireland._ The SWELLY. Donegal. The SWILLY. Ulster. _Germany._ SUALA ant. The SCHWALE. _France._ SULGAS ant., now the Sorgue. _Russia._ The SULA--here? 2. _With the ending en._ _Ireland._ The SULLANE. The following must be referred to Old High Germ. _sualm_, gurges, an extension of the previous word _sual_. _Germany._ SUALMAN(AHA), 8th century. The SCHWALM. SULMANA, 8th cent. The SULM. _Belgium._ The SALM. Prov. Liège. _France._ The SOLMAN. Dep. Jura. The Shannon has by some writers been derived from Ir. _sean_ or _shean_, old. But inasmuch as there is no river that is otherwise than old, the term could only be used in a poetic sense, like "that ancient river, the river Kishon." A more suitable etymon, however, seems to me to be found in Ir. and Obs. Gael. _siona_, delay; this corresponds with the Gaelic form of the name, Sionan, given by Armstrong. _Scotland._ The SHIN. Sutherland. _Ireland._ SENUS (Ptolemy). The SHANNON. _Germany._ SINNA, 8th cent. The SINN. _Belgium._ The SENNE. Joins the Dyle. _Italy._ SENA ant., now the Nevola. _Aust. Pol._ The SAN, two rivers--here? _India._ The SEENA--here? From the Gael. _cobhair_, Ir. _cubhair_, foam, froth, appear to be the following. _England._ The COBER. Cornwall. The COVER. Yorkshire. _Russia._ The CHOPER. _Asia._ CHABORAS ant., now the KHABUR--here? _India._ CHABERIS ant., now the CAVERI--here? From the Ir. and Obs. Gael. _breath_, pure, clear, I take to be the following. _England._ The BRATHA. Lake District. _Scotland._ The BROTH(OCK). Forfar. _Germany._ The BRETT(ACH). Joins the Kocher. The BRAT(AWA) in Bohemia. BRAHT(AHA),[68] 10th century. The BRACHT--here? _Asia Minor._ PRACTIUS ant.--here? And from the Ir. _brag_, running water, I follow Mone in taking the following. 1. _England._ The BRAY. Devon. _Ireland._ The BRAY. Wicklow. _France._ The BRAY. Joins the Loire. _Germany._ The BREGE, in the Scharwarzwald. 2. _With the ending en._ _England._ The BRAINE. Joins the Blackwater. _Ireland._ BREAGNA, an old name for the Boyne. A root for river-names, to which might be put the following, is found by Förstemann in Old High Germ. _rôr_, Mod. Germ. _rohr_, arundo, Eng. _rush_. _Germany._ ROR(AHA), 11th century, now the ROHRBACH. RURA, 8th cent. The RUHR. _Holland._ The ROER. Joins the Maas.