Search for dissertations about: "mearc"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the word mearc.

2. 1. English Place-Name Elements Relating to Boundaries

   Author : Boel Jepson; Engelska; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; ge mǣre; Middle English; Old English; charters; onomastics; *rān; mearc; dialectology; the West Riding of Yorkshire; Gloucestershire; hār; rá; rein; *rǣn e ;

   Abstract : Place-names often reflect local, cultural, and political history. It is only natural, therefore, that words for such historically important phenomena as boundaries should form part of place-names. In England, there is a fair number of place-name elements that refer to boundaries. Some of them are treated in this thesis. READ MORE