def. german urft?

[Mark A Mandel]

On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, Douglas G. Wilson wrote:

#The Urft River, a tributary of the Rur (a tributary of the Maas), appears
#to arise near Schmidtheim -- apparently near Dahlem, just southwest of
#Euskirchen (in western Germany). The river's name was given as "Urfeda" in
#1075 according to one Web page. I can't immediately make anything of
#"Urfeda" myself.

(W.A.G.) "Ur-" something-or-other???

-- Mark A. Mandel
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