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according to Bede, derives its name from “Hrof,” a Saxon chieftain. (Hrofs-ccaster, Hrof’s castle.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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