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Deorwente

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Deorwente, an; f. [deor = Celt. dwr water; went turned, bent; v. wendan]
The river DERWENT, in Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Cumberland, and Durham; quatuor fluviōrum nomen in agris Eboracensi Derbiensi Cumbriensi et Dunholmensi
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  • Be Deorwentan ðære eá

    by the river Derwent [Yorkshire],

    • Bd. 2,
    • 9;
    • S. 511, 18: 2,
    • 13;
    • S. 517,
    • 16.
  • Of ðam ðe ða fruman aweallaþ Deorwentan streámes

    from which the beginnings of the river Derwent spring,

    • 4. 29
    • ;
    • S. 607,
    • 11.
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  • Deorwente, n.