The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names / by Eilert Ekwall
1977, Fourth Edition. Oxford : Clarendon Press. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper (price-clipped), now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #288936
ISBN: 0198691033
Series; Historical bibliography collection : Local history. Physical description; l, 546 pages ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxvi-xli). Contents; Introduction -- General remarks -- Various types of place-names -- Folk-names -- Habitation-names proper -- Original nature-names -- The various origins of English place-names -- The Celtic element -- Place-names of English origin -- The Scandinavian element -- The Latin element -- The French element -- Place-names from other sources -- The value of place-name study -- Arrangement of the dictionary -- Works consulted -- Abbreviations -- Key to the pronunciation -- Dictionary. Subjects; Names, Geographical England. English language Etymology Names. Geographic Locations ; Dictionaries. Names, Geographical England Dictionaries. English language Etymology Names Dictionaries. Names, Geographical Great Britain. Dictionary Place-names England. Geography Great Britain Dictionaries. Names, Geographical English. Dictionary England Place-names. Gazetteers. Geography ; Dictionaries Names, Geographical England ; Dictionaries. Encyclopedias and dictionaries Place-names England. Encyclopedias and dictionaries England Place-names. English language Foreign elements Celtic. English language Foreign elements French. English language Foreign elements Scandinavian. English language Foreign elements Latin. Names, Geographical. Language and languages Etymology. Genres; Bibliography. Dictionaries. Dictionary.
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