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Ouse river names
1.
Ouse British *udso "water" hence OE
Üse
1.1 Nar a back formation from
Narford OE nearu|ford "a narrow ford"
1.2 Wissey OE wissan|ea "muddy
river" G Wiese "meadow"
1.3 Little Ouse
1.3.1 Thet a back formation from
Thetford OE theod|ford "ford of the people"
1.4 Lark a back formation from
Lackford OE leac|ford "the ford with leeks"
1.4.1 ?
1.4.1.1 Kennet British river name
cunetio "cuno" = wolf
1.5 Cam a back formation from
Cambridge from Granta British "muddy"
1.5.1 Rhee possibly from Celtic renos (with long e) "to flow" or Rea from "aet thaere ea" (at the water) becoming "atter e" then "atte re" the form Rhee occurs in Warwickshire in 1577. (Ekwall p 382)
1.5.2 Granta British "muddy"
1.5.2.1 Bourne OE burna
"stream"
1.5.3 Fulfen
1.5.4 Debden a back formation from
OE deope|dene "deep valley"
1.6 West
1.7 Alconbury a back formation from
OE Ealhmundes|byrig
1.8 Diddington a back formation
from OE Duding|tun "the TUN of Duda's people
1.9 Gallow
1.10 Kym a back formation from OE
Cynebaldes|tun "Kimbolton"
1.10.1 Till a back formation from OE
Tiles|broc Tilbrook
1.11 Hen
1.12 Duloe
1.13 Begwary
1.14 South
1.15 Ivel British *gablo "forked" (Welsh
"gafl")
1.15.1 Flit OE fleot "stream"
1.15.2 ?
1.15.3 Hiz a back formation from
Hitchen OE Hiccum a tribal name
1.15.3.1 Oughten
1.15.3.2 Purwell
1.15.4 Cat
1.16 Chicheley from OE cicena|leah
"chicken lea"
1.17 Ouzel/Lovat Lovat from Lavant
British *levo "gliding"
1.17.1 ?
1.17.2 ?
1.17.3 Clipston a back formation
from OE Clipes|tun
1.17.4 ?
1.17.5 Whistle
1.18 Tove from Towcester OE
Tofe|ceastre "Roman fort on the Tove" from OE *tof "slow,
lingering"
1.19 Padbury a back formation from
OE Padda|byrig "Padda's bury"
1.20 ?