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Another explanation is possible: Mǽre can also mean "lake, pond, mere, water basin, sea". The old Welsh name would be môr = "sea". Mǽre , môr and Latin mare are an old Indo-European word. It is likely that the Anglo-Saxons simply anglicized môr. Given the wide estuarium of the river this interpretation is rational. The argument against "border river" is that the river would have obtained its name after it became a border. In the old days, rivers were rarely borders, as they provided a mean of transport. The same people would settle on both river banks. In addition, no river is known to have obtained its name according to a political event.

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  • River Mersey
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  • Another explanation is possible: Mǽre can also mean "lake, pond, mere, water basin, sea". The old Welsh name would be môr = "sea". Mǽre , môr and Latin mare are an old Indo-European word. It is likely that the Anglo-Saxons simply anglicized môr. Given the wide estuarium of the river this interpretation is rational. The argument against "border river" is that the river would have obtained its name after it became a border. In the old days, rivers were rarely borders, as they provided a mean of transport. The same people would settle on both river banks. In addition, no river is known to have obtained its name according to a political event.
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  • Another explanation is possible: Mǽre can also mean "lake, pond, mere, water basin, sea". The old Welsh name would be môr = "sea". Mǽre , môr and Latin mare are an old Indo-European word. It is likely that the Anglo-Saxons simply anglicized môr. Given the wide estuarium of the river this interpretation is rational. The argument against "border river" is that the river would have obtained its name after it became a border. In the old days, rivers were rarely borders, as they provided a mean of transport. The same people would settle on both river banks. In addition, no river is known to have obtained its name according to a political event.
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