from _Avondle_; Kendal or Kirkby-Kendal (the church town in the valley of the R. Ken); Dolgelly (the valley of the grove), in Wales; Dolsk or Dolzig (the town in the valley), in Posen; Dolzen, in Bohemia; Bartondale (the dale of the enclosure for the gathered crops), in Yorkshire; Dalarossie, in Inverness, corrupt. from _Dalfergussie_, Fergus’dale; Dalriada, in Ulster, named from a king of the Milesian race, named _Cairbe-Raida_, who settled there. His descendants gradually emigrated to Albin, which from them was afterwards called Scotland; and that part of Argyleshire where they landed they also named Dalriada. The three brothers, Fergus, Sorn, and Anghus, came to Argyleshire in 503 A.D. Toul and Toulouse, situated in valleys, probably were named from the same root-word; Toulouse was anciently called _Civitas-Tolosatium_ (the city of the valley dwellers, _dol-saetas_). [Sidenote: DAL, or GEDEL (A.S.), DEEL (Dutch), THEIL (Ger.), DAL (Irish),] a part, a district; _e.g._ Kalthusertheil (the district of the cold houses); Kerckdorfertheil (the district of the village church); Baradeel (the barren district), in Germany and Holland. This word, rather than _dail_, may be the root of Dalriada; see above. [Sidenote: DALEJ (Sclav.),] far; _e.g._ Daliz, Dalchow, Dalichow (the distant place). [Sidenote: DAMM (Teut.),] an embankment, a dyke; _e.g._ Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Saardam, properly Zaandam (the embankment on the Rivers Rotte, Amstel, and Zaan); Schiedam, on the R. Schie; Leerdam (the embankment on the field, _lar_); Veendam (on the marsh, _veen_); Damm (the embankment), a town in Prussia; Neudamm (the new dyke); Dammducht (the embankment of the trench). [Sidenote: DAN,] in topography, signifies belonging to the Danes; _e.g._ Danelagh (that portion of England which the Danes held after their treaty with Alfred); Danby, Danesbury (the Danes’ dwellings); Danesbanks, Danesgraves, Danesford, in Salop, where the Danes are believed to have wintered in 896; Danshalt, in Fife, where they are said to have halted after their defeat at Falkland; Danthorpe, Denton (Danes’ town); Denshanger (Danes’ hill or declivity); Dantzic (the Danish fort, built by a Danish colony in the reign of Waldemar II.); Tennstedt, in Saxony, corrupt. from _Dannenstedi_ (the Danes’ station); Cruden, in Aberdeenshire, anc. _Cruor-Danorum_ (the slaughter of the Danes on the site of the last battle between the Celts and the Danes, which took place in the parish 1012). The Danish king fell in this battle, and was buried in the churchyard of Cruden. For centuries the Erroll family received an annual pension from the Danish Government for taking care of the grave at Cruden, but after the grave had been desecrated this pension was discontinued. [Sidenote: DAR, DERA, DEIR (Ar.), DEH (Pers.),]