Lindisfaran=OE name for the people of the Lincoln region < Late British group-/territory-name Lindēs + OE faran, seehttps://www.academia.edu/27372761/The_British_Kingdom_of_Lindsey …
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I knew the British name but had no idea of the Latin derivation-thanks for this
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No worries, fascinating isn't it!? :)
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I'm always interested in evidence of post-Roman British Latinity
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A few nice examples of Latin names surviving+being taken into Late British/Archaic Welsh & then OE in Lincs too of course >
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> e.g. Lincoln, Lindsey/Lindissi, & Domesday Tric (Skegness), + the various Wykehams :)
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Alt. interpr. also poss. Lat. medicātus means "healing" chiefly with fluids; for other objects it means...
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..."sprinkled with herbs, charmed"; could be "charmed island" or "island of charms".
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@caitlinrgreen@PeritiaEditors Modern Welsh spelling is Ynys Metgawdd - fascinating thread, btwThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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