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Yorkshire and one in Durham." There is also an Aln which 

 runs past Alnwick, Il^orthumberland, and an Allen, a tributary 

 to the South Tyne, besides the Allan "Water in Scotland. 



In McAlpine's Gael. Diet, al, all, is brood, offspring, young ; 

 all, white, does not occur; but there is allt, a river with 

 precipitous banks, like the JN'orthumberland Allen, a river, a 

 brook. 



In "Williams' Corn. Diet, is ah, a clifF, an ascent, the seashore. 



Wei. allt, alt, a cliff, a hill; Ir. ail; Gael, all; Manx alt. 



Sanscrit ah'fas, increased, from al, to fill ; Lat. altus. 



All, therefore, means cliff, hill. It is not in Welsh, though 

 afon, river, is ; but ao7i, afon, is not in Gael. 



Is it common for a Gael, word and a Wei. one to be coupled ? 



Is the Lune of Lancashire or that of Yorkshire a white river 

 in any sense ? 



Was the Allen or the Aln in ^Northumberland, or the Scottish 

 Allan, called Alauna by the Romans? 



All the Lunes rise in a hilly district. The name seems to 

 have a Celtic origin. 



Lune Head, at the source of the Lune. The river Lune and 

 Lunedale are the only examples in our district ; the river falls 

 into the Tees below Middleton-in-Teesdale. 



" Lunedale wild, 

 And silver Lune, from Stanmore wild." 



Scott's Rokeby. 



Maewood. 



Perhaps from A.-S. mar, more, and wudu, wood, forest, or 

 mcire, more, higher, or mara, greater, more. The greater or 

 higher wood, or forest, i.e., higher up the valley. 



Mea. 



" A.-S. meed, what is mown or cut down, medewe, mcedewe, 

 mcedive, meadow, meading." Streatfeild. 



