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Brittonic Language in the Old North

Abbreviations

Names of counties (historic, disregarding changes from 1880 onward)

In England:

CheCheshire
CmbCumberland
CwlCornwall
DevDevon
DrbDerbyshire
DrhCounty Durham
HrfHerefordshire
LancLancashire
LeiLeicstershire
NttNottinghamshire
WarWarwickshire
WorWorcestershire
WmlWestmorland
YERYorkshire: East Riding
YNRYorkshire: North Riding
YWRYorkshire: West Riding

In Scotland:

AbdAberdeenshire
AngAngus
AyrsAyrshire
BwkBerwickshire
ClkClackmannanshire
DmfDumfriesshire
DnbWest Dunbartonshire
EDnbEast Dunbartonshire
ELoEast Lothian
FifFife
InvInverness-shire
KcbKirkcudbrightshire
KnrKinross
LnkLanarkshire
MLoMidlothian
PblPeebleshire
PerPerthshire
RnfRenfrewshire
RoxRoxburghshire
SlkSelkirkshire
StgStirlingshire
WigWigtownshire
WLoWest Lothian

In Wales:

CrdCardiganshire
CrmCarmarthenshire
CrnCaernarvonshire
GlmGlamorgan

In Ireland:

WMth Westmeath

Abbreviated References

Primary Sources:

ASC()Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (with ms siglum)
ATAnnals of Tighernach
AUAnnals of Ulster
BTBook of Taliesin
CACanu Aneirin
HBHistoria Brittonum
HEHistoria Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum (Bede)
HRHistoria Regum (Symeon of Durham, from Byrhtferth of Ramsey)
Lan.CartLanercost Cartulary
Rav.Ravenna Cosmography
VVita (followed by saint's name)
VCVita Columbae (Adomnán)
VKHVita Kentigerni: the 'Herbert Fragment'
VWVita Wilfredi (Stephen of Ripon, known as Eddius)
YGodY Gododdin (with editor's name), edited version of CA

Reference works and other major works on philology and toponymy:

CIBSims-Williams P. Celtic Inscriptions of Britain
CPNEPadel O. Cornish Place-Name Elements
CVEPCoates R. and Breeze A. Celtic Voices English Places
DDrhPNWatts V. Dictionary of County Durham Place-Names
DCMMacKillop J. Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
DCMLGreen M. Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend
DEPN(C)Watts V. Cambridge Dictionary of Egnlish Place-Names
DEPN(O)Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names
DILDictionary of the Irish Language
DLDPNWhaley D. Dictionary of Lake District Place-Names
DUPNMcKay P. Dictionary of Ulster Place-Names
EGOWFalileyev A. Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh
EPNE1/2Smith A. English Place-Name Elements (with volume number)
ERNEkwall E. English River Names
FGBDineen P. Foclóir Gaedilge agus Béarla
GGCalder G. Gaelic Grammar
GMWEvans S. Grammar of Middle Welsh
GOIThurneysen R. Grammar of Old Irish
IIELSzemerényi O. Introduction to Indo-European Linguistics
LHEBJackson K. Language and History in Early Britain
LPGelling M. and Cole A. Landscape of Place-Names
OIPrIRMallory J. P. and Adams D. Q. The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World
PCBRoss A. Pagan Celtic Britain
PNCmbArmstrong A. et al Place-Names of Cumberland
PNDrbCameron K. Place-Names of Derbyshire
PNGallMaxwell H. Place-Names of Galloway
PNLancEkwall E. Place-Names of Lancashire
PNNtbMawer A. Place-Names of Northumberland and Durham
PNRBRivet A. and Smith C. Place-Names of Roman Britain
PNRoxMacDonald J. Place-Names of Roxburghshire
PNWLoMadDonald A.Place-Names of West Lothian
PNWml 1/2Smith A. Place-Names of Westmorland(with volume number)
PNYERSmith A. Place-Names of East Riding of Yorkshire and York
PNYERSmith A. Place-Names of North Riding of Yorkshire
PNYWR1-6Smith A. Place-Names of West Riding of Yorkshire (with volume number)
SPN2Nicolaisen W. Scottish Place-Names (2nd edition)
UsesTaylor S. (ed.) Uses of Place-Names
VEPN 1-3Parsons D. and Styles T. Vocabulary of English Place-Names (with volume number)

Names of Journals:

A-SSTAnglo-Saxon Studies
BBCSBulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies
BzNBeiträge zur Namenforschung
CMCSCambridge / Cambrian Mediaeval Celtic Studies
Innes Rev.Innes Review
JEPNSJournal of the English Place-Names Society
JIESTJournal of Indo-European Studies
JRomStJournal of Roman Studies
NHistNorthern History
ScLangScottish Language
ScStScottish Studies
TCWAASTransactions of the Cumberland and Westmoreland Archaeological and Antiquarian Society
TDGNHASTransactions of the Dumfries and Galloway Natural History and Archaeological Society
TPSTransactions of the Philological Society
ZCPZeitschrift für Celtische Philologie

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