Talk:Thursbitch

Etymology
"the name means "valley of the demon" Sounds iffy. Verification? The "bitch" = "valley" looks OK (O.E. bæce = valley/stream), but "Thurs" is more likely a personal name, as in Thursby (= village of Thurir). Tearlach 14:28, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

Garner's discussed this in some detail. The name of the valley is first recorded in the 14th century and he argues that "Thurs" is from the Anglosaxon "þyrs". Applied to Grendel in Beowulf, it's usually translated as "demon", although Garner reckons "something big" would be a more accurate translation. He's a formidable linguist in his own right and collaborated with Prof Ralph Elliott of the Australian National University in his research on 'Thursbitch'. There's more detail in his unpublished lecture, 'The Valley of the Demon', but the snippets in this article give an idea of where he's coming from: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~xenophon/times3.html.

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