The trouble with this is that, although it's obviously not impossible,
there are no other instances of the translation of an early river-name into
English. _Alde_ really only makes sense in relation to _burgh_, `old fort',
a common place-name. What would be `old' in relation to a river at
Aldeburgh? And if I'm right, it fits a pattern - back-formation of
river-names in Early-Modern English from towns on their banks (like
Chelmer, Uck, Rother, Arun, Ant, Deben, Cam, Yar (IoW), Mole, Ver, Gade,
Chess and many others.
Richard
--On 29 January 2004 16:43 -0500 Tom Ikins <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Andy,
> As to the Alde, I think it is likely the Senua of the Ravennas, on
> which was Senomagus of AI Iter IX(Kelsale TM3865?). Alde = Seno- = old, a
> translation from Brit to OE. Heritage was queried Jan 20th regarding
> EHNMR-1248931 (1992) for further detail on the Roman finds there.
>
> cheers,
> Tom Ikins
> http://www.RomanMap.com
> The Roman Map of Britain
>
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>> > But on page 452, under the Ore entry, the same river-name is said to be
>> > back-formed from Orford.
>>
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> But how (what is the local expert opinion) of how Orford (Suffolk) got
>> its name in the first place?
>>
>> And for that matter the River Alde? (presumably that is back formation
> from
>> Aldeburgh).
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Andy Horton
>>
>>
>>
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