The Etymology of Local Names: With a short introduction to the relationship of languages. Teutonic names.Morris, Richard
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The Etymology of Local Names: With a short introduction to the relationship of languages. Teutonic names.
Morris, Richard
English language -- Etymology -- Names; Names, Geographical -- England; Onomastics
AL, ALT, ALD, AU (_old_)—ALD-borough, AL-thorpe, AL-bourne, AL-ton,
AL-ford, AL-cester; ALTEN-burg, ALTEN-markt, ALTEN-dorn, ALTEN-feld,
AL-torf, OLDE-bach, OLDE-boorn, OLDEN-dorf, OLDEN-burg, AU-burn, and
AU-thorpe.
BRAD (_broad_)—BRAD-well, BRAD-stock, BRAD-ford; BREIT-horn,
BREITEN-bach, &c.
CHEIL, COL, CALD (_cold_)—COL-burn, COAL-brook, COLD-stream, COLD-side,
CHELS-field, COWD-ham, CHILD-hay, CHILT-thorn, CHIL-worthy, CALD-well;
CALDE-cote, CAL-bourne, CAUDE-bec (CALDE-bec), COLDEN-weide, COLDEN-hoff,
KALT-brun, KALTEN-nord-heim, and KALTEN-sund-heim.
DEOP (_deep_)—DEPT-ford, DEEP-dale, DIEPEN-beck, DIEPEN-heim, DIEPEN-au,
&c.
KINE, KING (_royal_, _king_)—KINE-ton, KINNER-ton, KINGS-bury, KINGER-by.
OST, OOST, OSTEN (_east_)—EAST-bourne, EAS-ton; OST-ende, OSTER-ach,
OSTER-end, OSTER-holz, OSTE-rode, OSTER-sunde, OST-hem, OST-heim,
OST-wolde, OOST-burg, OOSTER-einde, OOSTER-wyk, OOSTER-wolde, OOST-kerke,
&c.
HOL (_hollow_)—HOL-beach, HOL-land, HOL-born, HOL-bek, HOLLEN-beek, &c.
LANG (_long_)—LANG-baurgh, LANG-don, LANGEN-hoe.
LILLE (_little_)—LILLES-don, LILLES-hall.
MICKLE, MUCH (_large_)—MICKLE-fell, MICKLE-field, MUCH-wen-lock.
NOR, NORD (_north_)—NOR-folk, NOR-ham, NOR-mandy, NOR-mark, NOR-den,
NORD-heim, NORR-telge, NORR-land, NORR-koping, NORD-horn, NOORD-welle,
NOORDER-wyk, NORDEN-ey, &c.
NEU, NIEU (_new_)—NEU-berg, NEU-haus, NEU-land, NEU-stadt, NIEU-wold,
NIEUW-kerk, NIEU-berg, NY-stad, NY-kerk, &c.; NEW-lands, NEW-ark,
NEW-bury, NEW-ton, &c.
NIEDER, NETHER (_downward or further_)—NETHER-bury, NETHER-compton,
NETHER-lands, NIEDER-bronn, NIEDER-rad, NIEDERN-hall, NIEDER-wald,
NIDER-dorf, &c.
SUD, SUT (_south_)—SUR-rey, SUF-folk, SUT-ton, SUS-sex, SOUTH-leigh,
SOUT-ham, SOUTH-end, SUT-torp, SUD-bury, SUDER-oe, SUNDER-land,
Kalten-SUND-heim, SUND-gau, SODER-fors, SODER-hamn, SODER-telge,
SORER-Koping, &c.
SELL (_happy_, _fortunate_)—SEL-by, SEL-kirk, SELL-hurst, &c.;
SELIGEN-stadt, SELIGEN-thal, &c.
UP, UPPER (_higher_)—UP-ton, UP-hay, UP-lyme, UP-sala, &c.
UNDER (_lower_) UNDER-barrow, UNDER-cliffe.
WEST, WESTER, VESTER (_west_)—WEST-bury, WESTER-borg, WESTER-by,
WESTER-holt, WESTER-land, WESTER-loo, WEST-heim, WEST-land, WEST-rup,
WESTR-um, VEST-irg, VESTER-hoe, &c.
DIVISION II.
GENERAL ELEMENT.
(_A_) WORDS SIGNIFYING WATER, RIVER, &c.
EA.—This Anglo-Saxon word signifies (1) _water in general_, and (2) _any
running body of water_, _river_, &c.—It occurs in the names of rivers, in
the names of places near rivers, and in the names of marshes formed by
rivers.
The rivers Medway and Stour were anciently written Meduw-EA, and Stur-EA.
In the East Anglian counties the term is still preserved, for we meet
with Popham’s EA, St. John’s EA, Hammond EAU, &c.
EYE, YEO, and AYE, are slightly altered forms of the same root, and EA is
another name for the river Leven.
E-hen, fowl _river_;
EA-mont (EA-mot), _water_-meeting.
The following places near rivers contain some form of the Anglo-Saxon
root, EA:—
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