The Long 10th Century, just out! #newbookspic.twitter.com/s7XfVFGNhp
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@caitlinrgreen Does #Derby (placename) have a #Danish origin?
@JAJafri yes, Old Norse djura (deer, plural) + by (farm), so 'deer farm', replacing earlier Old English name meaning 'northern enclosure'
@caitlinrgreen Thanks! And the old name was? Roman #Derventium related to the river #Derwent? The surname #Darwin also comes from #Derwent?
@JAJafri old name was Old English Northuuorthige; Roman fort named from river, Primitive Welsh *derwint
@caitlinrgreen Thanks very much! Never knew that! So, modern English name for #Derby could have been Northworth! Has Derwint got a meaning?
@JAJafri :) Yes, *derwint is a derivative of a Celtic word for oak, so river where oaks grow abundantly or similar? May be reformation of >
@JAJafri > Indo-European rover-name in *dreu, 'to run'?
Def worrying, all these long centuries...RT “@Karanthir: @caitlinrgreen @Pseudo_Isidore Every century is 'long' now. http://www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?event=cmp.ccc.seitenstruktur.detailseiten&seitentyp=produkt&pk=82051&concordeid=431795 …”
@caitlinrgreen think Barbara Tuchman claimed Calamitous for the 14th so chalk that up to not long
@T3_Stephen lol! True, that'd make sense!
@caitlinrgreen every century is long, mostly because major shifts have the rude habit of happening in the 90s & teens... ;)
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