Hall, Alaric (2009) On the Etymology of <i>Adel</i>. In: Wawnarstræti (alla leið til Íslands) lagt Andrew Wawn 65 ára 27. október 2009. Menningar- og minningjasjóður Mette Magnussen , Reykjavík , pp. 39-42.
Abstract
A light-hearted tour of the historiography of the etymology of Adel, a parish in North Leeds, resisting the twentieth-century concensus of Old English <i>adela</i> (‘filth, dirt, dirty place; foul filth; bilge-water’ and possibly even ‘sewer, privy’) in favour of *<i>Eada-lēah</i> ('Eada's lea').
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Item Type: | Book Section |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | Copyright remains with contributors to the volume. |
Keywords: | place-names, toponymy, local history, Leeds, Adel, etymology |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of English (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > Institute for Medieval Studies (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Dr Alaric Hall |
Date Deposited: | 11 Dec 2009 11:29 |
Last Modified: | 07 Jun 2014 21:52 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Menningar- og minningjasjóður Mette Magnussen |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:10184 |