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|name = Watendlath Tarn
|historic name = ''[[wiktionary:vatn#Old_Norse|vatn]]'' + ''[[wiktionary:endi#Old_Norse|endi]]'' + ''[[wiktionary:hlaða#Noun_2|hlaða]]'' + ''[[wiktionary:tjǫrn|tjǫrn]]''
|name meaning = Water-end barn<br>Barn at the end of the lake
|name origin = Old Norse
|type = Small valley tarn
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What throws a spanner in the works is the name ''Wattintundelau'' or ''Wathenthendelau''. The first element ''wattin'' represents water as described above. However, the second element is a personal name. Here ''Tundelau'' bears a resemblance with Gwenddoleu, a Cymric chief from whom Caer-wenddoleu was named. There is a possibility that Watendlath could have been the body of water named after a Cymric survivor among the Norse settlers, much in the same vein as Norse chiefs Ulf (Ullswater), and Thorstein (Thurston Water – present-day Coniston Water). In the case of ''Wattintundelau'' etc., there is no Old Norse or Old English word to represent -''tunde''- or -''thende''- even if the latter element -''lau'' (lathe) can be explained.<ref>Collingwood 1918, p.98</ref>
A fourth element
From this we can summarise that
:''lathe'' / ''hlaða'' = ''barn''
In its simplest form this means water-end barn or lake-end barn – ''the barn at the end of the lake''. When specifically referring to the tarn in its modern usage, this could be seen as a tautological expression, where ''wat''– and ''tarn'' are effectively the same thing (water, lake), making ''tarn'' redundant.
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