-LUND, -lound. O.N. _lundr_, grove. Now often corrupted to
-land in English place-names.
-MIRE. O.N. _myrr_, moor, bog, swamp.
-RAISE. O.N. _hreysi_, cairn.
-SCALE. O.N. _skali_, house. This word is Norse rather than
Danish.
-SCAR, -skear, -skerry. O.N. _sker_, isolated rock in the sea.
-SCOUT. O.N. _skúti_, cave formed by jutting rocks.
-SCOUGH, -scow. O.N. _skógr_, wood.
-SLACK. O.N. _slakki_, slope on a mountain edge. Often used in
English place-names of a hollow or boggy place[15].
-TARN. O.N. _tjörn_, small lake.
-THORP(E). O.N. _þorp_, hamlet, village. This word is also
found in O.E. and in some place-names is undoubtedly of native origin,
but its general distribution points fairly conclusively to Norse
influence.
-THWAITE. O.N. _þveit_, parcel of land, paddock.
-TOFT. O.N. _topt_, piece of ground, messuage, homestead.
-WITH. O.N. _viðr_, a wood.
-WATH. O.N. _vað_, a ford.
Place-names with the prefix _Norman_- mark the settlement not of
Normans but of Norsemen (or Northmen as the English called them), as
in Normanton and Normanby, while the settlement of Danes is marked by
the prefix _Dena_- or _Den_- as in Denaby and Denby. This latter prefix
however has other sources as well.
Scandinavian personal names are very common in place-names but their
presence can as a rule only be detected with any degree of certainty
by reference to the forms found in early documents. Among the more
easily recognised are _Grímr_, as in Grimsargh (Lancs.) and Grimsby
(Lincs.), _Gunnarr_, as in Gunnerside (Yorks.), _Ketill_, as in
Kettlewell (Yorks.), _Klakkr_, as in Claxton (Norf.), _Ormr_, as in
Ormskirk (Lancs.). Others, to be found by reference to earlier forms,
are _Fráni_, as in Franesfeld (=Farnsfield, Notts.), _Gamall_, as
in Gamelestune (=Gamston, Notts.), _Gunnúlfr_, as in Gunnulveston
(=Gonalston, Notts.), _Knútr_, as in Cnutestone (=Knuston, Northants.),
_Leifr_, as in Levesbi (=Laceby, Lincs.), _Sumarliði_, as in
Sumarlidebi (=Somerby, Lincs.), _Skúli_, as in Sculetuna (=Scoulton,
Norf.), _Tóli_, as in Toleslund (=Toseland, Hunts.), _Víkingr_, as
in Wichingestone (=Wigston, Leic.), _Úlfr_, as in Ulvesbi (=Ulceby,
Lincs.).
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