> Tom Ikins wrote:
> > Is it possible that the river-name Arun derives from the stem Arno-
> > (Somerset Earn, Italian Arno, etc.), rather than harhune(dell)?
> > John Briggs wrote:
> Not as far as the river name is concerned, as that was invented (from
> Arundel) in the 16th-century!
I had Ekwall open when I wrote the above, but couldn't dismiss the
possiblity that the upper reaches of the Arun might have borne a name
different from the lower.
Tom Ikins
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