ORIGIN OF NAME OF CHRISTCHURCH

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21420, 12 March 1935, Page 18

ORIGIN OF NAME OF CHRISTCHURCH

+ SWEDISH PROFESSOR'S THEORY A theory of the meaning of the "Christchurch" is put forward o 4 fessor E. Ekwall. of Lund, Sweden, in a letter c f received by Professor R. s^ifsh SOJ r the Christchurch Museum. a Ekwall has a wide reputation « linguist. His letter was uTitten Mr John Booth, of Dublin.. in . f! pl *f cr . a question, and Mr BoothJ warded a copy to Professor Spcio" It reads as follows: . , , for "Old Norse 'knstkirkia is a 'chief church, cathedral cathedrals of Bergen a , n jL? ] r naßJ e is were called 'kristkirkxa. This doubtless of English ° rl -hurdie 5 - famous English cathedrals as that at Canterbury. *Jf"L 'Cristescirice,' now 'Christchurca. tte very likely the Scandinavians a impression that 'Cristescirice de< ij. term for 'cathedral: n °t r ch "^ {ion is cated to Christ. Q whether the Scandinavians had already developed meaning of 'kristktrkia. I - son why they could not On tne hand, the fcrm vhristchurcb course. English. . lble to fi» a "I hardly think it i> P O --/ bl f tio n ® any information 011 the qu la{fc Scandinavian as it «s comparatively speaking-