LL-L: "Place names" [D/E] LOWLANDS-L, 07.AUG.1999 (04)

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From: Ruud Harmsen [rharmsen at knoware.nl]
Subject: Term: NED-ENG eswallen

Deze vragen kwam voorbij op de lijst vertalers-l, en werd gesteld door
Jeanette <robjean at sas.nl>
Reacties rechtstreeks, of ik wil ze ook doorsturen.

<QUOTE>
In a piece about Drenthe, I came up against the following sentence:
Bij de dorpen liggen de ESSEN met de nog hier en daar bewaarde ESWALLEN.
Are they referring to the trees 'ashes' and some preserved
embankments with
ashes? Is there a special term?

DIEPJE
A small canal?
<UNQUOTE>

Misschien weet iemand iets van de etymologie van de woorden "es" en
"eswallen", waardoor ook duidelijk zou worden of en hoe ze verband
met elkaar houden.
Zelf heb ik "es" wel eens horen noemen als een beschermd
natuurgebied, waar geen huizen gebouwd mogen worden.
--
Ruud Harmsen - http://utopia.knoware.nl/~rharmsen/

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