Author: Ekwall, Eilert (1877-1964)
Title: The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names
Description: Oxford : Clarendon Press 1977. Fourth Edition. 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. 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. ISBN: 0198691033.

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