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
SUND (Scandinavian), _separated_, _a channel_, _a strait_.—SUNDER-land,
the SOUND, Helle-SUND, Stral-SUND, &c.
TJORN, TERN, TARN (Scandinavian), _a small lake_.—Lough-rigg-TARN,
Flat-TARN, Flou-TERN-TARN (from FLOI, Scandinavian, _a bog_, _marsh_,
&c.), Angle TARN, Beacon TARN, TJORN (an island off the coast of Sweden),
Holms-JON, Mars-JON, Flas-JON.
VATN, VAT, VAND (Scandinavian), _water_, _a lake_.—Apa-VATN, My-VATN,
Sands-VATN, Bjork-VATN-et, Rys-VAND; Olle-VAT (a lake in the Hebrides),
VATN-dale, WATEND-lath (in Cumberland), Steapa-VAT, &c.
Sometimes VAND is changed into WATER, as in Helga-WATER (a lake in
Shetland), Ulls-WATER, Gates-WATER, Broad-WATER, Oude-WATER, WATER-vliet
(netherlands), Vara-BOT (France).
VAAG, VOE (Scandinavian), _a bay_, _harbour_, in
VOE (Sum-brough),
Burra-VOE,
Usk-VAGH,
Flad-VAGH,
VAAG-oen,
VAAG-en,
Sol-WAY,
Groes-VAGH,
Hamna-VOE, harbour _bay_;
Selia-VOE, herring _bay_; &c.
VIG, VIK, WICK (Scandinavian), _a small bay_, _harbour_, _landing-place,
town on the sea coast_, _mouth of a river_.—Bruns-WICK, Schles-WIG,
Laur-VIG, Steen-VIG, Lem-VIG, Weston-VIK, Bra-VIKEN, Wool-WICH,
Green-WICH, Har-WICH, Ips-WICH, Dib-IC, Cu-IC, and Green-OC.
WATH, WADE (Scandinavian), _a ford_.—WATH-upon-Dearne, Winder-WATH,
WADES-mills, WADS-ley; WAYTHE, Biggles-WADE, Sands-VATH, WAITHE.
WASH (Scandinavian), _an arm of the sea_, _a river_, _ford_.—The WASH,
Ship-WASH, VIS-by, WASH-field, and WAS-dale.
WELL (Anglo-Saxon), _a spring_.—Both-WELL, WYL-am, WEL-ton, WIL-land;
Waedensch-WYL, Walch-WYL, WYL-au, Hof-WYL, &c.
WASSER (German), WAES (Anglo-Saxon), _water_.—WASSER-burg,
WASSER-trudingen, WAES-ten, WAES-land, WATER-loo (water meadow),
WEASEN-ham, WASSEN-bury, &c.
WAC (Anglo-Saxon), _soft marshy ground_; WAX (Scandinavian).—WAC-ton,
WAX-holme, WAX-holm, WAX-ham, WHAX-grove, &c.
WAEL, WHEEL (Provincial), _a whirlpool_.—WHEEL-don, WEEL, WEEL-ey,
WHEEL-ton, &c.
WORTH (Anglo-Saxon), _an island formed by a river_, _a canal between the
two branches of a river_, _a farm_.—Teb-WORTH, Hems-WORTH, Tets-WORTH,
Nails-WORTH, Rush-WORTH, Til-WORTH, Clos-WORTH, Wid-WORTHY, Tat-WORTH,
Chil-WORTHY, Dodge-WAART, Bols-WAARD, Holt-WIERDE, and Schoenen-WERTH.
WYCHEN (Anglo-Saxon), _springs_; WYCH (Provincial), _a salt
spring_.—WHIX-ley, WICK-en, Middle-WICH, Nant-WICH, and Ford-WICH.
(_B_) NAMES OF MOUNTAINS, HILLS, &c.
BAC, BEAC (Anglo-Saxon), _a ridge or back_; BAC (Gothic), _a woody
mountain_, _an ascent or descent_.
BUHEL, PUHEL, BUHL (German), _a hill_, _rising ground_.
BAICH (Old English), _a “languet of land_.”—Saddle-BACK, BAC-ton,
BACON’S-field, Hog’s-BACK, Bainton-BEACON, Inkpen-BEACON, &c.
Cæsar makes mention of a Sylva BACEN-is, which separated the Cherusci
from the Suevi; and Ptolemy speaks of a Meli-BOC-os, in the north of
Germany. There is still a Meli-BOC-us in the south of Germany.
The German form (BUHL, PUHEL, &c.), occurs in
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