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# Andrew Breeze

Andrew Breeze has 2 papers in our library, in 1995, most of them on [Historical linguistics & language change](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-change/), [English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/).

2 papers in our library · 1995

[OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5060108142) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3429-7191) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22000415) · [**h-index 11**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5060108142) · [454 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5060108142) · [463 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5060108142&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14

[📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/andrew-breeze/#papers) · [2 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #6354](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/64/#star-6354)

The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart.

Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Andrew+Breeze) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Andrew+Breeze) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Andrew+Breeze) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Andrew+Breeze)

## Affiliations

[🎓**Universidad de Navarra** Pamplona · Spain 1970–2026 · 161 papers*current*](https://ror.org/02rxc7m23) · [🎓**University of Cambridge** Cambridge · United Kingdom Education](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-cambridge/) · [🎓**University of Oxford** Oxford · United Kingdom Education](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-oxford/)

From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine.

## Concepts, shelves and topics

Of its works in our library: the number of works on each and its rating among them.

📚 Shelves 3 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Arts and Humanities · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Classics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/classics/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/)

🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[English · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/) · [Historical linguistics & language change · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-change/)

## Works by year

### 1990s

[**1995** 1 paper A Celtic Etymology for Old English claedur, 'clapper'](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/breeze-2019-celtic-etymology-old-english-claedur/)

### Undated

[**undated** 1 paper Old English Hula ‘Sheds’ and Hull, Yorkshire](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/breeze-2019-old-english-hula-sheds-hull/)

## Papers

The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library).

1. **[A Celtic Etymology for Old English claedur, 'clapper'](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/breeze-2019-celtic-etymology-old-english-claedur/)** *(1995)* Andrew Breeze takes up the unclear origin of the Old English word claedur. It survives only in the oldest English glossaries: Épinal has claedur, Erfurt cledur, and Corpus cleadur. There it translates Latin crepacula and is explained as a wooden board for driving birds away from crops. Earlier scholars sought…
2. **[Old English Hula ‘Sheds’ and Hull, Yorkshire](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/breeze-2019-old-english-hula-sheds-hull/)** Breeze reconsiders where the name of Hull (Kingston-upon-Hull) in Yorkshire comes from. Earlier reference works treated it as a river-name of British (Celtic) or Scandinavian origin, with proposed meanings such as 'muddy' or 'deep'. The author argues against this on sound-change grounds. British had no word-initial h…

## All works

4 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 2 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them.

1. **[Truso in the Old English Orosius and Tczew, Poland](https://doi.org/10.17811/selim.26.2021.129-136) SELIM 26 · original ↗ · no summary yet**Andrew Breeze*2021*
2. **[A Celtic Etymology for Old English claedur, 'clapper'](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/breeze-2019-celtic-etymology-old-english-claedur/) [SELIM Journal of the Spanish Society for Medieval English Language and Literature](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/selim-journal-of-the-spanish-society-for-medieval-english-language-and/)**Andrew Breeze*1995*
3. **[The Three Hosts of Doomsday in Celtic and Old English](https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_misc/mj.199411715) Miscelánea: A Journal of English and American Studies 15 · original ↗ · no summary yet**Andrew Breeze*1994*
4. **[Old English Hula ‘Sheds’ and Hull, Yorkshire](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/breeze-2019-old-english-hula-sheds-hull/) [SELIM Journal of the Spanish Society for Medieval English Language and Literature](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/selim-journal-of-the-spanish-society-for-medieval-english-language-and/)**Andrew Breeze

## Venues

Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page.

- [SELIM Journal of the Spanish Society for Medieval English Language and Literature](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/selim-journal-of-the-spanish-society-for-medieval-english-language-and/) ×2: [SELIM Journal of the Spanish Society for Medieval English Language and Literature 1995](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/selim-journal-of-the-spanish-society-for-medieval-english-language-and/1995/)
- Miscelánea: A Journal of English and American Studies 15
- SELIM 26

Updated 24 October 2026
