“Good Friend” and the Goodwin Sands, Kent
The Goodwin Sands are a hazard to shipping in the English Channel. Their name means “good friend” and is often taken as euphemistic or propitiatory. Alternatively, in a legend with Celtic parallels, the sands have been regarded as an island which belonged to Earl Godwine (d. 1053), but was drowned b...
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Izdatelstvo Uralskogo Universiteta
2017-11-01
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| Series: | Voprosy Onomastiki |
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| Online Access: | http://onomastics.ru/sites/default/files/doi/10.15826/vopr_onom.2017.14.3.030.pdf |