The Place-Names of Cambridgeshire
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This was because the final e in calde was not dropped.
The cottage was no doubt called " cold " from being in an exposed situation.
7, 8. NAMES ENDING IN -WICK, -BRIDGE. 29 § 8. The suffixes -bridge, -hithe, -low, and -well.
Besides the suffixes -ham and others which mark the abode of the primitive tillers of the soil, there are others which relate to artificial constructions, such as -bridge, -hithe, -lotv, and -well ; which may be considered together.
The bridges are Cambridge, Pearl's Bridge..., and Sturbridge.
Cambridge. In an article published at length in my book entitled A Student's Pastime, pp. 393 — 401, I showed how the name Cambridge is practically modern, being corrupted, b}' regular gradations, from the original A.S. form which had the sense of Granta-bridge ; and consequently that the town is not derived from the name of the river Gam, which is modern and artificial, but conversely, the name of the Cam was, in the course of centuries, evolved out of the name of the town.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
This was because the final e in calde was not dropped.
The cottage was no doubt called " cold " from being in an exposed situation.
7, 8. NAMES ENDING IN -WICK, -BRIDGE. 29 § 8. The suffixes -bridge, -hithe, -low, and -well.
Besides the suffixes -ham and others which mark the abode of the primitive tillers of the soil, there are others which relate to artificial constructions, such as -bridge, -hithe, -lotv, and -well ; which may be considered together.
The bridges are Cambridge, Pearl's Bridge..., and Sturbridge.
Cambridge. In an article published at length in my book entitled A Student's Pastime, pp. 393 — 401, I showed how the name Cambridge is practically modern, being corrupted, b}' regular gradations, from the original A.S. form which had the sense of Granta-bridge ; and consequently that the town is not derived from the name of the river Gam, which is modern and artificial, but conversely, the name of the Cam was, in the course of centuries, evolved out of the name of the town.
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