| Re: French translation for "hithes" |
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| John of Aix (j.murphy@nospamlibertysurf.fr) |
2004/05/04 14:17 |
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From: "John of Aix" <j.murphy@nospamlibertysurf.fr>
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Subject: Re: French translation for "hithes"
Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 22:17:24 +0200
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> Who could help me find the French translation of "hithes" ? I know it is a
> place where commodities were unloaded from a boat.
> The text I have is about economic development in England between 1086 and
> 1300. The word cannot be found in recent dictionaries.
I don't know it but I would say 'quai' or 'port' as in the English town of
Rotherhithe - the quay/port on the [river] Rother (in Kent). Though it could
be 'havre', harbour, in the sens of shelter
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