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| The Word ''riding'' Is Descended From Late | "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Old_English" class="copylinks">Old English ''þriðing'' or ''þriding'' (recorded only in Latin contexts or forms, eg ''trehing'', ''treding'', ''trithing'', with Latin initial ''t'' here representing the Old English letter Thorn ) It came into Old English as a loanword from Old Norse ''þriðjungr'', meaning a third part (especially of a county), cf Farthing The modern form ''riding'' was the result of initial ''th'' being absorbed in the final ''th'' or ''t'' of the words ''north'', ''south'', ''east'' and ''west'', by which it was normally precededOxford English Dictionary, second edition, edited by John Simpson and Edmund Weiner, Clarendon Press, 1989, twenty volumes, hardcover, ISBN 0-19-861186-2 Online Entymology Dictionary - riding URL accessed 21 April 2007 |
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| Since | "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Viking" class="copylinks">Viking rule, Yorkshire has had three ridings Online Entymology Dictionary - riding URL accessed 21 April 2007 The Yorkshire Ridings Society URL accessed 21 April 2007 About Yorkshire - The Yorkshire Ridings URL accessed 21 April 2007, |
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