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The history of the Norman conquest of England, its causes and its results, Volume 1 (of 6)

Note 230 — Chapter IV · SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF NORMANDY DURING THE TENTH CENTURY.[188]

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See Palgrave, i. 700; Lappenberg’s Anglo-Norman Kings, 97; and, more at large, Depping, ii. 339. Such names as Dieppedal (Deep dale) and Caudebec (Cold beck) are good examples. In forming local names from the proper names of men, the familiar Danish by often appears under the form of bœuf; but it is more usual to couple the Danish name with a French ending. Haqueville, for instance, answers to the English Haconby.

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