Old English · proper noun

Loðene

Part of speech: proper noun, masculine

Meaning

Lothian
...ut of Scotlande into Loðene on Englaland......out of Scotland into Lothian in England......⁊ se b[iscop] of Loþene I[ohan]......and the bishop of Lothian Iohan...
early 12th century, in the Peterborough Chronicle

Etymology

Potentially from Proto-Brythonic *Lugudūniānā, or Proto-Celtic *lutā. According to A. D. Mills, in A Dictionary of British Place Names, named after "one Leudonus". See etymology of Lothian on Wikipedia for more information.

Descendants

lothian

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