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borough of
South Ribble. The name
derives from the Old
English "bēam" and "
brycg",
which probably means "tree-trunk bridge".
People who live in
Bamber Bridge...
-
Dictionary traces the
origin of the word
bridge to an Old
English word
brycg, of the same meaning.: bridge1 The
Oxford English Dictionary also notes...
- or retainers," from the Old
English cniht (genitive case
plural –a) and
brycg. Cniht, in pre-Norman days, did not have the
later meaning of a warrior...
- (2003)
suggests that it is a
combination of the Old
English wudu (wood) and
brycg (bridge). The
Sutton Hoo Society's 1988
magazine Saxon points out, however...
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merger occurred. For example,
Modern English bridge derives from Old
English bryċġ,
while Modern English scythe derives from Old
English sīþe. The name of...
- Town and by
Comely Bank. The name is
Scots stock brig from
Anglic stocc brycg,
meaning a
timber bridge.
Originally a
small outlying village, it was incorporated...
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together with i and í via a
simple phonetic unrounding: OE hypp, cynn, cyssan,
brycg, fyllan, fýr, mýs, brýd
became modern hip, kin, kiss, bridge, fill, fire...
- > written; OE
sittan > to sit; OE fisċ > fish; OE
lifer >
liver OE y OE
bryċġ > bridge; OE
cyssan > to kiss; OE dyde > did; OE synn > sin; OE
gyldan >...
- It has been
argued that the name may
instead come from the Old
English brycg (gang plank) or Old
Norse bryggja (quay),
though this idea has been opposed...
- the name
Trowbridge is uncertain; one
source claims derivation from treow-
brycg,
meaning "Tree Bridge",
referring to the
first bridge over the Biss, while...
