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
Holm-FORTH, island _ford_;
Spot-FORTH, the place at the _ford_;
Sand-FORD, Mud-FORD, Brad-FORD, _ford_;
Cuck-FORD, the rapid _ford_;
Whit-FORD, the wide _ford_;
Ox-FORD, the _ford_ of the ox;
Rom-FORD, the broad _ford_;
Stam-FORD, the stony _ford_;
Here-FORD, the _ford_ of the army;
Wad-FORD, the waded _ford_;
Sto-FORD, the dwelling-place at the _ford_;
Ash-FORD, the _ford_ of the ash;
FRODS-ham, the home of the _ford_;
TIVER-ton (Twy-FORD-tun), the two _ford_ town.
The German FURT, a _ford_, occurs in Hirsch-FURT (Hart-FORD), Her-FURT
(Here-FORD), Schwein-FURT (Swine-FORD), Ochsen-FURT (Ox-FORD).
The Dutch VOORT, a _ford_, is found in Wester-VOORT, Becke-VOORT,
Amers-FOORT, Brede-VOORT, &c.
FEN, FAEN (Anglo-Saxon), _wet-land_.—FEN-ham Flats, FEN Ditton, Walling
FEN, FEN-stan-ton, FENI-ton, FINS-bury, FEN-brig, &c.
The Dutch form, VEEN, occurs in Amster-VEEN, and in VEN-lo, &c.
FLJOT, FLOI, FLOD (Scandinavian), FLEOT, FLETH (Anglo-Saxon), FLEET
(English), _a flow or flush of water, channel or arm of the sea between
the coast, and an island, a river, a tide creek_.—The presence of
the root marks habitations on the sea, rivers, or canals.—The FLEET,
Long-FLEET, Ben-FLEET, Shal-FLEET, Salt-FLEET, Fax-FLEET. The FLOW (a
piece of water in Scotland), FLOW Moss, Solway FLOW, FLOUT-ern, Scar-LET,
and FLOW-ton.
In France the root FLOI occurs under the form, FLEUR, in Bar-FLEUR,
Har-FLEUR, Vite-FLEUR (White-FLEET), FLOT-beck, Pos-FLETHE, Beyden-FLETH,
and Aver-FLETH.
FORS, FORSE, FORCE, FOSS (Scandinavian), _a water fall_.—River FOSS,
FORSS-water, FORSE, FORSIN-ard, Low-FORCE, Scale-FORCE, Billing-FORS,
FOS-kilde, and FOS-land.
GAT (Scandinavian), _a sound_.—Catte-GAT, the GATT, Helle-GAT, Rams-GATE,
Mar-GATE.
GAU (German), _a district watered by a river_.—Aar-GAU, Tor-GAU,
Breis-GAU, Bur-GAU, Wolve-GA, and Finke-GA.—GAW, in England, as a
local word, signifies _a hollow with water springing in it_, _a
furrow_.—GAW-thorpe, GOY-don, &c.
GEO (Scandinavian), _a hollow_, _a chasm in the shore_, _a small
inlet_.—Wolfs-GEO, GUI-odin, GUE-odin (Odin’s-inlet), Varren-GE-fiord,
Varen-GE-ville, Varren-GUE-bec.
GOE (Old Norsk), _a cleft_, _a small opening in the land_, _a
bay_.—Red-GOE, Raven-GOE, Tod’s-GOE, Whale-GOE.
GILL (Scandinavian), _a small gravelly stream_, _also a glen or valley_;
GOOL, _a ditch_.—Row-GILL, Woo-GILL-tarn, Kesh-GILL-burn, Esh-GILL,
Ive-GILL, GILS-land, &c.; GOOLE, GILLE-by, GILLE-skaal, &c.
GOUT, GOTE, _a drain or ditch_, from Geotan (Anglo-Saxon), _to
pour_.—River GOYT, Win-thorpe-GOUT, Trus-thorpe-GOUT, Tyd-GOTE, GOT-ham,
&c.
From the German GIESSEN, gösse, gegossen, _to pour_, _to water_, are
derived—GIES-en, GIESS-bach, GOSS-au, &c.
HAF (Scandinavian), _the sea_, HAVN (Danish), _a haven_.—Stone-HAVEN,
White-HAVEN.
The old HAAF, HAVRE, HAVER-ford, HAFS-lund, Frische-HAF, Aland HAF, HAFF
of Stettin, HAFS-loe, Westman’s HAVN, HAVN-sur-Dive, HAVN-sur-Mederet, &c.
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