The Place-names of Wiltshire: Their Origin and History

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Appelbergs Boktryckeri a.-b., 1917 - 187 pages
 

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Page xii - Franck's Etymologisch Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal. Tweede Druk door N. van Wijk.
Page 23 - thys endys my^tti," read "thys endys ny^th." 1. 521. " by bis lijte." Perhaps this is merely an asseveration. iiy, 1. 971. An acre was a definite quantity of land, originally as much as a yoke of oxen could plough in a day, afterwards limited by statutes passed in the 31st lace years of Kdw.
Page vii - Chronicles parallel with supplementary extracts from the others, ed. Ch. Plummer on the basis of an edition by J. Earle, 2 Bde.
Page x - Rotuli de Oblatis et Finibus in Turri Londinensi asservati, Temp. Regis Johannis : Accurante Thoma Duffus Hardy, 1835.
Page 35 - THIS (Lat., from Gk. A city of ancient Egypt on the left bank of the Nile, a little above Thebes. Its Egyptian name was On, and, to distinguish it from other places of the same name, it was called On of the South or On of the god Mont. The local deity was the hawk-headed god Mont (qv ). and hence the city bore the sacred name of Per-Mont (house of Monti, of which the Greek Hirmonthis is a corruption.
Page ix - Vetus Registrum Sarisberiense alias dictum Registrum S. Osmundi Episcopi, ed. WHR Jones (Rolls Series).
Page x - Taxatio Ecclesiastica Anglise et Wallise auctoritate P. Nicholai IV. circa AD 1291.
Page v - In conclusion, it is my pleasant duty to express my sincere gratitude to all those who have so willingly helped me in various stages of my researches.
Page x - Testa de Nevill, sive Liber feodorum . . . temp. Hen. III. et Edw. I.
Page xv - Stolze, M., Zur Lautlehre der altenglischen Ortsnamen im Domesday Book. Berlin 1902.

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