A common, though poetical, synonym for LIME. The OE linde, sometimes used for a tree in general (Halliwell. 1881), is the source. Other versions of linden are Lin (F K Robinson), Lind, or Lynd, both Scottish variations (Jamieson). Place names in England include Lindfield, in Sussex, which means lime-tree land, Lindsell, in Essex – huts built round lime-trees (Wilks). Lyndhurst, in the New Forest, is another example (Rackham. 1986).
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