BY, BO (Scandinavian), _a town_, from BUA, _to dwell_; BYR, _the town of commerce_.—Kir-BY, Kirk-BY, Thores-BY, Der-BY, Den-BY, Wait-BY, Horns-BY, Ire-BY, &c.; Kirk-BOE, Frode-BOE, Qual-BOE, BY-grave, BY-field, BUER-dale, Wibel-BUHR, and Ochtel-BUHR. In France we find this root, under the form BEUF, in Lim-BEUF, Mar-BEUF, Quille-BEUF, and Marque-BEUF. BOLD, BALT, BOOTH, BOTTLE (Anglo-Saxon), _a dwelling_.—Shil-BOTTLE, New-BOLD, New-BALD, BOLT-on, Par-BOLD, BOOTLE, Lor-BOTTLE, BOOTH-by, More-BATTLE, BOT-ley, New-BOTTLE, BOULDER-dale, BUITTLE, BOT-ham, and BOT-hall. BORDE (Provincial), _a cottage_.—BORD-well, &c. BUTTEL (German), _a dwelling_.—Wolfen-BUTTEL, Lust-BUTTEL, Bruns-BUTTEL, &c. BIGGEN (Provincial), _a building_, from BIG, _to build_.—New-BIGGEN, Sun-BIGGEN (south-building), &c. BOW, BOL (Scandinavian), _a dwelling_, _house of a proprietor_.—BOWS, BOW-ness, BOW-scale Tarn (Bowness was anciently called BOL-ness, or BUL-ness), BOLY, BOL-bec, Mum-BLE, Strum-BLE, Alden-BULL, Tetten-BULL, BOL-stadoren. BURG, BURY, BOROUGH (Anglo-Saxon), _a city_, _place of retreat or defence_.—BURY, Nether-BURY, Hem-BURY, Stan-BURY, Sid-BURY, Salis-BURY (Scaro-BYRIG, _the dry-city_), Shaftes-BURY (_town of shafts_), BURG-walter (BRIDGE-water), BOROUGH-bridge, Sea-BOROUGH, Sad-BOROUGH, Water-PERRY, Wood-PERRY. BURRA-voe, BROUGH, and BROUGH-under-Stanmore are examples of the Scandinavian form, BROUGH. BUSTA, BUSTER, BUST (Scandinavian), _a dwelling-place_, a contraction of BOL-STATHR, _dwelling seat_. (See BOL).—Hob-BISTER, Swan-BISTER, Flad-BISTER, Swara-BISTER, Swara-STER, Mura-STER, Kirka-BISTER, and BUSTA-voe. CHIP, CHEAP (Anglo-Saxon), _a market_.— CHIPPING Norton, COPEN-hagen, COPPEN-brugge, KIOB-stae, Norr-KOPING, north-_market_; Ny-KOPING, new-_market_; CHEP-stow, _market_ place; CHEAP-side, _market_-seat; COUP-man Beck (COUP-land Beck), _merchant’s district brook_; Soder-KOPING, south-_market_. COT, COAT, COTE, KET (Anglo-Saxon), _a hut_, _salt-pit_, _cottage_, _the dwelling of the poorer classes_.— Swins-COE, swine’s _cottage_; Hes-KET, horse-_cottage_; Plas-KET, marshy-_cottage_; COTS-wold, the _cottages_ of the wolds; COT-leigh, the _cottage_ by the pasture; COTTES-more the _cottage_ by the moor; &c. DERNE (Anglo-Saxon), _a solitary place_.—DEARNE, DARN-all, Wath-upon-DEARNE, Bode-DERN, DERN-yett, &c. DACRE, DAKER (Scandinavian), _log-house_.—DACRE, DAKER-stead, &c. ERN, ERNE (Anglo-Saxon), _a dwelling_, _hermitage_.—Crewk-ERNE, Ask-ERN, Kill-EARN, Cow-ARNE, &c. GATA (Scandinavian), _a street_, _road_, _path_, _thoroughfare_.—Fresh-water-GATE, Fisher-GATE, Clappers-GATE, Hollow-GATE, Darn-YETT. Some of the leading thoroughfares in London end in GATE—_e.g._, Bishops-GATE-street, Moor-GATE-street, Kings-GATE-street. The form GADE, found in Denmark and Norway, has the same signification.—GADE-busch, &c.
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