In  the  sixth  I  recognize  an  equivalent  of  the  modern
Methley  ;  primitive  o  frequently  passing  through  u  to
modern  i  or  y,  and  g  before  d  becoming  aspirated  and  losing
its  sound,  so  as  to  have  only  the  effect  of  lengthening  the
preceding  vowel,  the  ancient  boqd  appears  to  be  represented
by  the  medisBval  Cornish  budin^  and  later  bidheriy  "  pasture
land'*  (in  which  i»  is  merely  formative,  as  in  el  elin,  "an
angeV  rutien  "  a  hill,!'  compared  with  the  Welsh  rhun,  Breton


'  Banf)wdlum  either  a  synonyme  for
Crococalanum  or  another  neighbouring
site  on  the  same  route ;  ad  pontem  and
tfquis,  Latin  designations  of  Xauian  and
Mafyidununif  the  number  of  stations
corresponding.  (/erometo  is  a  mis-
spelling of  Ucmemetum  ( "  great  temple  ") ;
liavennas  pluralizes  it^  and  adds  apparently
taeerdoUdia,

'  Variants  :  MatUto,  CaluniOf  QaUaniOf
Modibogdo.
*  Although  the  stream  bears  the  name
Calder  from  this  confluence,  itd  courne  id
decidedly  that  of  the  Colne,  and  it  seems
to  have  a  better  right  to  that  name.
Perhaps  the  Colne-valley  folk  and  the


Calder-valley  folk  each  continued  the
name  of  their  own  stream,  until  the  in-
fluence of  the  latter  prevailed.  So  the
British  town  at  the  confluence  might  be
Oaluniun,  A  flagrant  case  of  one  stream
imposing  its  name  on  another  occurs  at
York.  The  river  there  is  called  Ure  in
the  Description  of  Britain,  and  that  is  its
true  name;  but  from  the  point  where
the  little  Ousobum  joins  it,  it  is  Ure  no
longer,  but  Ouse,  in  our  days,  as  it  has
been  for  centuries.
^  This  word  has  no  correspondent  in
the  other  Celtic  dialects,  with  which  it
might  be  compared.
