Chels-EA, the cold _river-marsh_; Batters-EA, St. Peter’s _river-marsh_; It formerly belonged, together with _Peter’s_-ham, to _St. Peter’s_ Abbey, Cherts-EY. EA-ton, E-ton, the town of the _river_; E-dale, the _river_ vale; E-rith, _water_ channel; EA-land, YEA-land, _river_ district; EG-ham, the dwelling on the _stream_. The plural form, EAS, _water-course_, occurs in EAS-dale, EAS-writh, and EAS-tyn. In the Gothic we meet with the following cognate forms:—AHA, AUE, AWE, OWE, AHVA, and ACH, _e.g._, Fuld-a, Fuld-AHA; Goth-a, Goth-AHA; Lahn, Lon-AHA; Sieg, Seg-AHA. We find A, a contraction of AHA, in Schwein-A, Asch-A, Born-A, Buch-A, Baren-wald-A, Konigs-werth-A, Hoyers-werd-A, Berk-A, Vach-A, Goth-A, &c. In Burgundy, we find the terminations AY, OY, and Y, used to designate _habitations established along running water_, _e.g._—Cambr-AY, Tourn-AY, Dou-AY, Quesn-OY, Chaum-Y, &c. The ending OW, in Beesk-OW, Godan-OWA, and Buch-OW, is another form of the same root. The form ACH occurs in Stadt-stein-ACH, Dorn-ACH, AACH-en, Baden-ACH, Gold-ACH, Nieder-ACH, Stein-ACH, the stony-dwelling on the _stream_; Wurz-ACH, the herb dwelling on the _stream_; Wolf-ACH, the wolf’s dwelling on the _stream_; Rod-ACH, the cleared spot or path on the _stream_. The plural form, AR, ER, signifying _the confluence of waters_, occurs in OHRE, ER-furt, OHR-druf, and Neck-AR. The Scandinavian forms for water, are, A, AA, and AAE. In England we find Cald-A, Routh-A, Rath-A, AY-am, AY-cliffe, &c. AA occurs as the name of several rivers in Hanover, France, Brabant, Groningen, and Switzerland. AA is found in Nips-AAE, Schol-AAE, Sus-AAE, Skar-A, Grenn-A, Wad-sten-A, Sal-A, Nor-A, Hag-A, Foss-AA, AA-kirke, A-bo, the dwelling by the _water_; A-land, _water_ district; A-hus, the house by the _water_; A-dorf, AY-throp, the village by the _water_. AIN, _the river_, forms part of the following names:—Glomm-EN, Alt-EN, Ul-EN, Sus-EN, &c. BECK (Scandinavian), _a rivulet_.—In England, the following places contain this root:— Elder-BECK, BECK-cote, Raven-BECK, Pinch-BECK, Wel-BECK, Pur-BECK, Crumm-OCK-water, Crum-BECK-water, Hol-BECK, hollow _rivulet_; Hil-BECK, hill _rivulet_; Swarth-BECK, black _rivulet_; BECK-with, the wood of the _rivulet_; BECKEN-ham, the home of the _rivulet_; Wans-BECK, Odin’s _rivulet_; Coupland BECK (Coupman BECK), merchant’s _rivulet_; BEX-ley, the meadow of the _rivulet_; BECK-ford, the ford of the _rivulet_, called the Yare or Yarty. In Denmark we meet with Aale-BEKS, Aal-BEK, Egje-BEK, Vinde-BEK, and Hol-BEK. In Oldenburg we find Vis-BECK, _sacred rivulet_; in the south of Luxemburg we meet with BECKE-rich, the _district of the rivulet_.