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StoneLifter
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Re: 'gates' in dykes
Oct 17, 2005, 21:30
The problem with that reasoning is that in Norse 'gate', I think pronounced 'gatay', meant a road or thoroughfare. In Notlob (home of the Vikings) we have Deansgate, Churchgate and Bradshawgate, the three main thoroughfares of the old town (before the A666 eg).

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