-
Hludes duna (Hlud's hill); in 1186 it was
Ludesdon and in 1610 Luddesdowne. It is
pronounced Ludsdun. In 939
there was a
mound nearby called Hludes beorh...
- Old
English Mē līcaþ þæt fȳr for þon þe hit dēþ þā burg
hlūde.
Translation I like the fire
because it
makes the city loud....
-
Hlūde wǣran hȳ lā
hlūde ðā hȳ ofer þone hlǣw
ridan wǣran ānmōde ðā hȳ ofer land
ridan scyld ðū ðē nū þū ðysne nīð
genesan mōte ūt lȳtel
spere gif hēr...
- þonne wīde
wolcna strengu ofer folc byreð. Frætwe mīne swōgað
hlūde ond swinsiað,
torhte singað, þonne ic
getenge ne bēom flōde...
- æfter wege wrætlicu liþan;
cymlic from
ceole cleopode to londe,
hlinsade hlude –
hleahtor wæs gryrelic,
egesful on earde. Ecge wæron scearpe; wæs hio hetegrim...
- possibly, 'Luda's homestead/village' but perhaps, 'homestead/village on the
Hlude (=
noisy one)', an old name for
Womack Water.
Ludham Hall was the former...
- 'Farm/settlement
connected with Luda' or perhaps, 'farm/settlement on
Hluding (= the loud one)', an old name for what is now
called Billing Brook. The...
