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Re: Audoflède and Bertheflède

by Amphelise (Chrisell)

4/25/2016, 11:21 PM

in reply to a message by Little_Miss_Adelaide

Kuhfladen means 'cowpat' - literally translated, 'cow flatbread'. The 'flad' in this word is from the Proto-Germanic 'flata' meaning 'flat', not from the Anglo-Saxon 'flaed'.

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