a seat, settlement, or possession, cognate with the Lat. _sedes_; _e.g._ Dorset (the settlement of the _Durotriges_, _i.e._ dwellers by the water); Wiltshire, anc. _Wilsaetan_ (the settlement on the R. Willy); Shropshire, anc. _Scrobsaetan_ (the settlement among shrubs); Somerset, named from _Somerton_ (the summer seat of the West Anglo-Saxon kings); Settle, in Yorkshire (the settlement); Sittingbourne, in Kent (the settlement on the brook). In the Lake District, colonised by Norsemen, this word often takes the form of _side_; _e.g._ Ormside, Ambleside, Kettleside, Silverside (the settlement of Ormr, Hamel, Ketyl, Soelvar), etc.; Pecsaeten (the settlement at the peak), in Derbyshire; Alsace, anc. _Alsatia_, _i.e._ the _other_ settlement, with reference to the German settlements on the west bank of the Rhine, as distinguished from the Franks or _Ripuari_, on the east; Holstein, anc. _Holtsatia_ (the settlement in the woods); Waldsassen (wood settlement); Winkelsass and Endzettel (the corner settlement); Neusass, Neusiedel, and Neusohl (the new settlement); Einsiedeln (the settlement of Eina), in Switzerland; Wolfsedal (of Wolfa); Soest or Söst, in Prussia, for _Suth-satium_ (the southern seat). In Sclavonian names we have Sedlitz (the possession); Stary-Sedlo (the old possession); Sedlitz-gross (the great settlement); Sursee, in Switzerland (the seat or dwelling, Old Fr. Zi), on the R. Sur; Sion or Sitten, in Switzerland, Cel. _Suidh-dunum_ (the seat on the hill-fort). In Ireland: Seagoe, Irish _Suidhe-Gobha_ (St. Gobha’s seat); Seeoran (Oran’s seat); Seaghanbane (the white seat); Seaghandoo (the black seat); Shinrone, anc. _Suidhe-an-roin_ (literally the seat of the seal, but figuratively of a certain hairy man); Hermosillo, in Mexico, Span. (beautiful seat). [Sidenote: SHAN (Chinese),] a mountain; _e.g._ Shan-tung (east of the mountain); Shan-se (west of the mountain); Thian-Shan (the celestial mountain). [Sidenote: SHAMAR (Pers.),] a river; _e.g._ Samer, Samara, Sambre, river names. The Samur, which flows into the Sea of Asoph. [Sidenote: SHAW (A.S.), _sceaga_, SKEG (Scand.),] a wood or grove; _e.g._ the Shaws, in Cumberland and Lanarkshire; Birchenshaw (the birch grove); Pollokshaws (the woods near the village of Pollok); Bradshaw (broad wood); Shaugh-Prior (the prior’s wood); Shawbury (the town in the wood); Evershaw (the wood of the wild boar, _eofer_); Skegness (the headland of the wood). [Sidenote: SHEHR (Pers.), CHERI (Tamil),] a dwelling; _e.g._ Begshehr (the dwelling of the beg or bey); Abou-shehr (the dwelling of Abou); Allah-shehr (God’s house); Eskshehr (old dwelling); Yenishehr (new dwelling); Anoopshehr (incomparable dwelling); Pondicherry, originally _Pudicheri_ (new dwelling or town); Paraicherie (the village of Pariahs)--probably Shiraz and Shirvan belong to this root. [Sidenote: SIDH, SITH (Gadhelic),]