English River-names

ablaut adjective Alne andlang aqua assume Avon back-formation base Beck Bede belong Berks boundary Bourne Bow Brook Bret Brit Brook Burn Calder Camden Celtic Celtic languages charter Cockersand Colne common compound copy CWNS derived Derwent doubt early forms early sources Engl English Ep Reg etymology examples Exon explained falls flows Fount Frome Gaul Gervase Hexham Humber i-mutation identical Lanercost late later lenated Lympne meaning Norw OBret occurs OE form old name old river-name original Ouse Pedersen perhaps personal name place-name PNLa possible pre-English probably Ptol Rises river river-name root runs past Scand Scandinavian second element seems Severn spelling St Bees stem Stour stream suffix suggested syllable Symeon Thames Trent trib tributary Trysull Turkdean valley vowel Welsh word Worf