| 词条 | River Tove |
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The River Tove is a river in England, a tributary of the River Great Ouse. Rising in Northamptonshire about a mile north of Greatworth, it flows for about {{convert|15|mi|km|0}} north and east of the town of Towcester (meaning 'camp on the Tove') near Bury Mount before meeting the Ouse south-east of Cosgrove just north of Milton Keynes. Its final {{convert|5|mi|km|0}} form part of the border between Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire, running alongside the Grand Union Canal. The river ultimately flows into the North Sea. EtymologyThe Old English name of Towcester, which is named for the River Tove,[1] is Tófe-ceaster,[2] suggesting (since ceaster comes from the Latin castra, meaning "camp"[3]) that the Old English name for the Tove was some form of Tófe. Bosworth and Toller give the "Scandinavian proper names" Tófi and Tófa for comparison.[2] Tófa, in turn, is a shortened form of Thorfrithr, meaning "beautiful Thor" or "peace of Thor."[4][5][6] References1. ^Flavell Edmunds. "[https://books.google.com/books?id=ywgHAAAAQAAJ&dq=bosworth%20anglo-saxon%20towcester&pg=PA272#v=onepage&q=towcester&f=false Towcester]." Traces of History in the Names of Places. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1869. 272. {{Rivers and Watercourses of Buckinghamshire}}{{Rivers and Watercourse of Northamptonshire}}{{coord|52|07|45|N|0|57|03|W|display=title|region:GB_type:river_source:GNS-enwiki}}{{Northamptonshire-geo-stub}}{{Buckinghamshire-geo-stub}}{{England-river-stub}}2. ^1 Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller, "[https://books.google.com/books?id=oXlii1KgDngC&dq=bosworth%20anglo-saxon%20towcester&pg=PA997#v=onepage&q=Tofe-ceaster%20Towcester&f=false Tófe-ceaster]." An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1882. 997. (Online version) 3. ^"Chester." Oxford English Dictionary. oed.com 4. ^names-meanings.net: Tofa 5. ^behindthename.com: Tove, Thorfrithr 6. ^Teresa Norman, "[https://books.google.com/books?id=uSAlLaV6JIEC&lpg=PA504&pg=PA504#v=onepage&q=tofa&f=false Tova]." A World of Baby Names. New York: Penguin, 2003. 504. 2 : Rivers of Buckinghamshire|Rivers of Northamptonshire |
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