exan-mutha

Updated: May 8, 2025

At the same time, the river itself became the Exe; and the Exan-mutha of the Chronicle dropped into Exmouth. We must never forget, however, that Exeter, was a Welsh town up to the reign of Athelstan, and that Cornish Welsh was still spoken in parts of Devonshire till the days of Queen Elizabeth. Wroxeter is another immensely interesting fossil word.

Grant Allen - Science in Arcady