On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:20:00 -0000, Keith Briggs <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>According to EDD s.v. ELDIN(G, elding is "Firing or fuel of any kind,
>esp. peat, turfs, sticks, brushwood" and is recorded in Sc. Nhb. Dur.
>Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. Lin. ...
"eld" is Old Norse (= Viking language) for "fire".
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