Bridport; _-sted_, _-stead_ (O. E. _stede_, a place), e.g. Stansted,
Wanstead; _-stone_, _-ston_, e.g. Beverstone, Sherston; _-staple_
(O.E. _stapol_, foundation), e.g. Barnstaple; _-stow_ (O.E. _stow_,
place), e.g. Stow, Chepstow, Bristol (earlier Bristow); _-tree_,
_-try_, e.g. Coventry, Elstree, Seasalter; _-ton_ (O.E. _tun_,
enclosure), e.g. Milton; _-wark_ (O.E. _geweorc_, fortification), e.g.
Southwark; _-well_, e.g. Bakewell; _-wich_, _-wick_ (O.E. _wic_, a
dwelling), e.g. Norwich, Swanage (O.E. Swanawic), Warwick; _-worth_,
_-worthy_ (O.E. _weorth_, _weorthig_, an enclosure), e.g. Polesworth,
Holsworthy.
Of river names the Blackwater, Witham, Ashburne, Swift, Washburn,
Loxly, Wythburn, Eamont are perhaps English and so also may be the
Waveney in Suffolk.
_Scandinavian._--The following suffixes are Scandinavian in origin,
some of them being also used independently: _-beck_ (O.N. _bekkr_,
stream), e.g. Starbeck, Troutbeck; _-by_ (O.N. _byr_, town), e.g.
Whitby; _-dale_ (O.N. _dalr_), e.g. Swaledale; _-car(r)_, _-ker_ (O.N.
_kiörr_, marshy ground), e.g. Redcar, The Carrs, Muker; _-fell_ (O.N.
_fjäll_, mountain), e.g. Scafell; _-force_, _-foss_ (O.N. _fors_,
waterfall). High Force, Wilberfoss; _-garth_ (O.N. _garðr_,
enclosure), e.g. Hoggarths; _-gill_ (O.N. _gil_, a deep narrow glen),
e.g. Skelgill, Dungeon Ghyll; _-holm(e)_ (O.N. _hólmr_, island), e.g.
Axholme, Durham (earlier Dunholm); _keld_ (O.N. _kelda_, well,
spring), e.g. Threlkeld, Keld; _-lund_ (O.N. _lundr_, grove), e.g.
Snelland, Timberland, Lound; _-how_ (O.N. _haugr_, hill), e.g.
Greenhow; _-scale_ (O.N. _skále_, hut, shed), e.g. Seascale; _-skew_
(O.N. _skógr_, forest), e.g. Litherskew; _-thorpe_ (O.N. _þorp_,
village), e.g. Thorpe, Osgathorp; _-thwaite_ (O.N. _þveit_, a piece of
land), e.g. Rosthwaite; _-toft_ (O.N. _topt_, a green knoll), e.g.
Toft, Langtoft; _-with_ (O.N. _viðr_, a wood), e.g. Blawith, Stowiths.
Tarn (a mountain pool), grain and sike (mountain streams) are also
Scandinavian terms.
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