Aldreth

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English

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Old English alor (“alder”) + hȳþ (“harbour, hithe”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Aldreth

  1. A hamlet near the River Great Ouse in Cambridgeshire, England.
    • 1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 28, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 379:
      I give now the supposed etymologies of one of the various spellings of “Alrehede”, now Aldreth. A better is Alrehythe, the Aldershore; a better still, perhaps, St. Etheldreda, or Audrey, herself.

Translations

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References

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  1. ^ “Aldreth”, in Survey of English Place-Names, Nottingham University, n.d.

Further reading

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