In West Flanders the form BEKE occurs in Roos-BEKE, Wam-BEKE, Haerle-BEKE, Meule-BEKE, &c.; in south Brabant the form BEEKE is prevalent, _e.g._—Buns-BEEKE, Clab-BEEKE, &c. We also meet with a BECKE-voort, having the same signification as BECK-ford in England. The root BECK occurs very frequently in the names of places in the neighbourhood of the rivers Rhine and Elbe, _e.g._—Wandes-BECK, Schwarzen-BECK, Flot-BECK, Stein-BECK, Barn-BECK, Suder-BECK, Hals-BECK, Schip-BECK, &c. In France we find the exact spots where many of the old Norse leaders settled down, by the presence of this root—_e.g._, Bol-BEC, the habitation by the _rivulet_; Foul-BEC, the _rivulet_ of birds; Ro-BEC, the _rivulet_ of the cleared ground; Caude-BEC, the cool _rivulet_. In Germany and Austria we find the cognate form, BACH, _a rivulet_—_e.g._, Hunds-BACH, the hound’s _rivulet_; Ror-BACH, the reed _rivulet_; Gries-BACH, the gravelly _rivulet_; Finster-BACH, the dark _rivulet_; Eschen-BACH, the ash _rivulet_; Ross-BACH, the horses’ _rivulet_; Erl-BACH, the alder _rivulet_; Alde-BACH, the ancient _rivulet_; Fisch-BACH, the fish _rivulet_; Bem-BACH, the tree _rivulet_; Wam-PACH, the deep _rivulet_. BATH (BAED, BAETH, BAD, Anglo-Saxon), _water_.—BATH, BATH-ford, BATH-easton, BAD-by, BAD-bury, BADON-hill, BUX-ton, BA-ke-well, &c. The German form, BAD, PAD, occurs in BADEN, Wies-BADEN, Carls-BAD. BORNE, BOURNE, BURN, BURNE (Anglo-Saxon), _a stream_, from BIRNAN, to _burn_.—It “denotes the bubbling of a welling running stream with the singing of the boiling water and the flaming of fire.” Winter-BORNE, the _stream_ flowing in the winter season; Sher-BORNE, the clear _stream_; Ty-BORN, the district _stream_; Hol-BORN, the hollow _stream_; Col-BURN, the cool _stream_; Hart-BURN, the hart’s _stream_; BURN-side, the habitation of the _stream_; BURN-ham, the _stream_ dwelling; Au-BURN, the ancient _stream_; He-BURN, the high _stream_. We find BORN on the continent, in Sal-BORN, Pader-BORN, Sonne-BORN, Eschen-BORN, &c. The German form, BRUN, occurs in Wolf’s-BRUNNEN, the wolf’s _stream_; Kiesel-BRUNN, the gravelly _stream_; Schön-BRUNN, the bright _stream_; BRUNS-wick, the city on the _stream_; BRUNS-buttel, BRUNS-torp, the village on the _stream_. BOTTEN, BOTN (Scandinavian), _the sea_.—Gulf of BOTHNIA, Norr-BOTTEN, BODEN-see, BOTT-sand, Holt-PADE, Lacus BODAM-icus (Lake Constance), BOTTEN Viken, BOTTEN Hafvet, &c. BRIGG, BRIDGE, _a passage of wood or stone over a river_.—It is often applied to fording and landing places. BRIGG, Glandford BRIGGS; BRIG-stock; BRIX-ham, the home of the _bridge_; BRIX-ton, the town of the _bridge_; BRIS-tol, the dwelling-place of the _bridge_. The Scandinavian form, BRO, occurs in BRO-ra, _bridge_-rivulet; BRO-gar, _bridge_-enclosure; Vester-BRO, west-_bridge_; &c.