Editing River Test (section)

==Etymology==
Recorded forms are Terstan from 877 and 901, Tarstan stream in 1045, Terstein 1234, and Test in 1425. If [[Common Brittonic]], not [[Old English]], all related dictionaries show three suitable words beginning with Tre- and none with extremely rare Ter-. There is precedent to such metathesis: as for the [[river Tern]] in the far west, from tren 'strong'.<ref name=Breeze/> If so it most likely relates to the [[Welsh language|Welsh]] ''tres'' (tumult, commotion, contention, uproar) or ''trais'' (force, might in older Welsh).<ref name=Breeze>{{cite journal |last=Breeze |first=Andrew |date=1998 |title=The name of the River Test |url=http://www.hantsfieldclub.org.uk/publications/hampshirestudies/digital/1990s/vol53/Breeze.pdf |journal=Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club & Archaeological Society |volume=53|pages=226–227 |access-date=27 January 2017 }}</ref> A close set of words (diversely conjugated and pronounced) in Old English is (f)irst(en), the meaning of which is as at present, first.