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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">From: Mark Dreyer <</font><a href="mailto:mrdreyer@lantic.net"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">mrdreyer@lantic.net</font></a><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">><br>
Subject: LL-L "Names" 2009.09.03 (03) [EN]<br><br>Hey, Luc!<br>Â <br>Subject: LL-L "Names"<br>Â <br>Hi:<br>Your note refers;<br>'Along the Belgian coast, there's a number of places that seem to share the "hide" of "Richel-hide" in their names: Koksijde, Raversijde, Lombardsijde. "Hide" would be a hypercorrection of "ie, ee" = "water". Same root is visible in "Chelsea".'<br>
 <br>I rather think that on Heather's side of the Channel the term 'hide' is from an Anglo-Saxon subdivision of land, the smallest unit held in reckoning for food-rent (tax assessment). I wouldn't expect to find it in the actual Danelaw for that reason.<br>
 <br>Keep this pot simmering, hey! 'Flemings' had a lot more to do with the economies & inevitably the history of Western Europe than they are given credit for.<br> <br>Yrs with Great Interest,<br>Mark.</font></div>
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