Scottish Land-names: Their Origin and MeaningW. Blackwood & Sons, 1894 - 219 páginas |
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... give an idea of the sound of a name by employing written characters , and so long as the idea was con- veyed , neither writers nor readers troubled them- selves about the niceties of orthography . Here , for instance , are five - and ...
... give an idea of the sound of a name by employing written characters , and so long as the idea was con- veyed , neither writers nor readers troubled them- selves about the niceties of orthography . Here , for instance , are five - and ...
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... give Balcleuch . Again , the Rev. James B. Johnston , author of an interesting book on Scottish place - names , has re- minded me that Kinloch as a place - name sometimes bears the stress on the first syllable - cinn locha , at the head ...
... give Balcleuch . Again , the Rev. James B. Johnston , author of an interesting book on Scottish place - names , has re- minded me that Kinloch as a place - name sometimes bears the stress on the first syllable - cinn locha , at the head ...
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... gives allt na bheath , stream of the birches , for Alloway ; magh sratha , plain of the strath ( a ple- onasm ) , for Mènstrie ; magh chrom , crooked plain , - for Mochrum . etymology , would assuredly have been 12 Scottish Land - Names .
... gives allt na bheath , stream of the birches , for Alloway ; magh sratha , plain of the strath ( a ple- onasm ) , for Mènstrie ; magh chrom , crooked plain , - for Mochrum . etymology , would assuredly have been 12 Scottish Land - Names .
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... give a spurious form to certain English words in common use , such as " causeway , " a term which has no affinity with " way , " a road , but used to be spelt causey and cawsee . It is from the Old French caucie ( modern French chaussée ) ...
... give a spurious form to certain English words in common use , such as " causeway , " a term which has no affinity with " way , " a road , but used to be spelt causey and cawsee . It is from the Old French caucie ( modern French chaussée ) ...
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... give the origin of Blàdenoch , a river in that county . On its banks is a remarkable monumental circle of great stones , which local tradition affirms to be , not druidical , as is usually believed of such monuments , but the burial ...
... give the origin of Blàdenoch , a river in that county . On its banks is a remarkable monumental circle of great stones , which local tradition affirms to be , not druidical , as is usually believed of such monuments , but the burial ...
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