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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1863. Excerpt: ... out as purely Japhetic, the same as the Gomeric of Britain. Britain. 1. Dun.--Musidunum (Stratton), Sorbiodunum (Old Sarum), Muridunum (Caermarthen), Londinum, t. e., Hong Dun, or Dinas, "Shiptown," if we adopt the Latin spelling; Llyn Dun, the fortress on the lake (of the Thames), if the Cymric; Lud Dun, Lud's town, is a traditional derivation not destitute of certain evidence in Luyd's Gate, Ludgate; Cambodunum (Slack), Dunum (Whitby), Cambredunum (Grundesborough), Camalodunum (Colchester), Branodunum (Brancaster), Margidunum (East Bridgeford). 2. Dwr, Dwfr.--Dwrnovaria (Dorchester), Dwrocina (Dorchester-on-Thames), Dubria (Dovor), Dwrovernum (Canterbury), Dwrolenum (Stone Chapel), D wrobrius (Rochester), Dwroletum (Rumford), Moridunum (Seaton), Dwrocornovium, or Corinaeum (Cirencester), Uriconium (not certain--Wroxefcer), Durnomagus (Caestor), Durobrivae (Water Newton), Dwrinum (Maiden Castle), Derventio (not certain--Stamford Bridge), Derventio (Little Chester). 3. Brig.--Briga (Brickholt), Brixia (Brixham.) The Brigas, as town-names, disappear nearly as wholly from Britain as the Duns from Spain and Portugal. In Gaul and Italy they meet. 4. Magus.--Noviomagus (Hoiwood Hill), Sitomagus (Dunwich), Durnomagus (Castor), Magiovinum (Fenny Stratford), Caesaromagus, (Widford). 5. Vin, wyn, f. wen, the Italian " ven," white, fair.--Vindocladia (Gussage), Vindomis (Finkley Farm), Magiovinum (Fenny Stratford), Vinorra (Binchester), Vendomora (Ebchester), Venonae (High Cross), Bravonium or Branogenium (Lentwardine), Vindelia Promontory (Portland Head). We have a Cuneus Mons (Sierra Manchique) in Spain, Cuneus Mons in Italy, a Cunetio urbs (Mildenhall) in Britain, and Mancunium (Manchester). The cun appears a Latinized form of gwyn, white, Gwyneus Mons, as we hav...
