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1066AD Possible Fort 1066AD to Pevensey and Hastings 1066AD Manors Wasted 1066AD Manors All 1066AD Warning to Harold 1066AD Harold to Hastings  List of 1066AD Documents List of 1066AD Weapons 1086AD Domesday Boundary of Anderida Domesday Hursts Post Domesday Hursts Domesday Manors Wasted UK Norfolk Salt Production Salt Production near Hastings The Wash at 1086 The Humber estuary at 1086 Domesday County details B Bedfordshire Domesday Population Berkshire Domesday Population Buckinghamshire Domesday Population Domesday County details C Cambridgeshire Domesday Population Cheshire Domesday Population Cornwall Domesday Population Domesday County details D Derbyshire Domesday Population Devon Domesday Population Dorset Domesday Population Domesday County details E Essex Domesday Population Domesday County details G Gloucestershire Domesday Population Domesday County details H Hampshire Domesday Population Herefordshire Domesday Population Hertfordshire Domesday Population 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Norman name snippets Modern name snippets Villages containing EY/EYE/SEA Villages containing HAM Villages containing TON Villages containing CASTLE Sussex Locations with ING Domesday Sussex with ING Kent Locations with ING Sussex Locations with HURST Loads of Village Translations Res   This page shows segments of place names that can be related to Saxon locations.   Snippet Derivation Translation starting in eg   æg   an island starting in ip   yppe   a raised place, a lookout place starting in l   el   person starting in ring   ringe   spiders/spider webs starting in sino   seonu   round abraham   abraham   biblical character abram   abraham   biblical character aby   a-bygan/á-bycgan   to bend/bought ac   aac   oak trees acc   aac   oak trees acre   æcer   a field, land which is sown, sown land adur   ædr   vein or artery ag   haga   A haw, berry of the hawthorn or an enclosure age   æc   oak al   el   eel alcis   alþes   ale - beer ald   eald   old or ancient or fire aldr   ealdor/alor   elderman head of the tribe/elder tree alk   alþes   ale all   ellen/alr/aler   elder tree aller   ellen/alr/aler   elder trees alling   aler ænge   elder tree - troubled village(appear to be fortlets or pallisaded villages) alr   ellen/alr/aler   elder trees alt   alet   fire - possibly crematory am   hamm   Denotes a piece of land surrounded with paling, wicker-work, etc., and so defended against water, which would otherwise wash it away, so a valley settlement or settlement with a jetty. ending in am   hamm   Denotes a piece of land surrounded with paling, wicker-work, etc., and so defended against water, which would otherwise wash it away, so a valley settlement or settlement with a jetty. amer   amer   a type of spelt(corn) amp   þam   well watered or wet area an   ƿan   Wetlands ang   ang   narrow apple   apuldre   apple trees appled   apuldre   apple trees ar   ar   oar ard   arod   arum lily arl   æl   eel arun   hærn   tidal as   æsc   ash trees ash   æsc   ash trees ashes   æsc   ash trees ast   est   east at   æt   at (near) athel   aþ el   oath taker(someone who has taken the kings oath) attle   at-land   place where oats are grown auck   aac   oak trees augh   haga   a fenced in place avon   afon   the river avon ax   æsc   ash tree ending in ay   æg   an island ayl   æl   an eel ayles   æles   eels aysh   æsc   ash trees bac   bæce/bæc   beech tree/brook back   bæce/bæc   beech tree/brook bad   baed   bed or bath bael   bæl   fire, flame probably the fire of a funeral pile a crematorium bag   baeg   a collar bake   becc   a beck or brook bal   bæl   funeral pyre bald   bæl   fire bam   bebben   bebba's ban   ban   bone bank   banc   a bench, bank, hillock or tumulus tumulus bar   bær   beer or a place where barley was grown barc   barc   bark of a tree Bard   barda   Ship with an iron beak barm   barm   a bosom barn   beorn   burn,fire or light bas   basu   a type of scarlet robe basing   basing   a short cloak bast   bæst   the inner bark of a tree, of which ropes were made bath   bæþ   bath - usually associated with natural warm springs baw   bær/bar   beer or a place where barley was grown/a boar be   bi   bees beach   bæce/bæc   beech tree / brook or modern meaning seafront beachy   bæce/bæc   beech tree / brook or modern meaning seafront beacon   beacen   a high point where warnings can be made bec   bec   a small fast stream becc   becc   a beck or brook beck   bec   a small fast stream bed   baed   bed or bath bedd   baed   bed or carrier of letters(postman) or bath bedding   bedding   bedding or straw beech   baece   beech trees beer   bær   beer or a place where barley was grown beest   bæst   rope making - the inner part of the linden or lime-tree was mostly used for making ropes beet   bete   a root from which sugar is often extracted bel   bæl   a pyre bell   bæl   fire, flame probably the fire of a funeral pile a crematorium benen   binne   a manger - so most likely sheep ber   bær   beer or a place where barley was grown berg   beorg   a high place - a hill berge   beorg   a high place - hill berk   berc   birch trees berke   berc   birch trees berry   beorg/berie   a high place - a hill / berry bi   bærn   barn bid   baed   bed or bath bidden   biddende   praying - a religous center big   bicgan   to buy possible a market biggles   bigels   an arch or vault usually relates to a bridge bil   bæl/bil   a place of funerals/a bill hook bill   bæl/bil   a place of funerals/a bill hook bilt   bitl   a mallet bin   binne   a manger - so most likely sheep birch   birka/berc/beorc   birch tree birl   bærlic   barley birt   beorht   bright bishop   bisceop   land owned by a bishop bitt   byt   bottle or flagon black   blaec   black or black land blake   blæc   black or black land bland   blandan   a place where people meet blank   blanc   grey blatch   blæc   black or black land blick   blæc   black or black land blue   bleo   blue blyth   bliþ   sweet or pleasant blythe   bliþ   sweet or pleasant bodi   bodan   ships keel - probably shipyard bodle   botl   a hall house or mansion(possibly Roman) bog   bog/bæg   an arm or shoulder/a collar bol   bol   a curving shape bonn   beam   trees bor   bor   a gimlet, a borer bore   boren   to be carried - tidal bore born   burn   a brook or stream borne   burn   a brook or stream borough   burgus   a roman signalling tower bos   bæst   rope making - the inner part of the linden or lime-tree was mostly used for making ropes bosh   bæst   rope making - the inner part of the linden or lime-tree was mostly used for making ropes bot   botl   a hall house or mansion(possibly Roman) bottom   botm   lowest or deepest part of anything bough   boh   anything curved or bent such as a tree bough bour   bor   a gimlet, a borer bourn   burn   a brook or stream bourne   burn   a brook or stream bow   boh   a bow ending in br   bricge   a bridge bra   bræst   brass brad   brad   broad brain   breneþ   burn, burning bram   bræmel   a bramble brast   þæst   leaven or ferment braugh   breaw   brewed bread   bred   board or plank brede   bræde   wide bren   byrnan   burning brench   breneþ   burning - probably a signal point brent   brent   river brent brid   bridd   young birds, presumably a bird colony bridg   bricge   a bridge bridge   bricge   a bridge bright   birihto   bright, wide view brink   brinig   burning -possibly a signalling place bris   bræs   brass broad   bræd   broad or wide brocken   broccen   a long coat made of badger skins brom   brom   broom plant brook   broc   a brook or stream broom   brom   broom plant brough   burh/beorg   fortified place, castle - usually associated with old Roman forts - can also be used to mean high place brow   bru   a brow brown   brun/baran   colour produced by burning/or to carry brox   brocc   badgers buck   buc   a male deer build   bu-lid   ship people dwelling bull   bul   male farm animal bulver   burgh wær   burh/beorg - fortified place, castle - usually associated with old Roman forts / a high place - hill wær - the sea bun   bin   manger of crib bung   þung   a poisonous plant bunt   brant   high, deep, steep, difficult, bur   beorg/burgus   a high place - hill/possible roman signalling tower burg   beorg/burgus   a high place - hill/possible roman signalling tower burgh   beorg/burgus   a high place - hill/possible roman signalling tower burn   burn   a brook or stream burnan   burn   a brook or stream burrow   burh hleow   the fortress refuge burrows   burh hleow   the fortress refuge bury   burh/beorg/berie   fortified place, castle - usually associated with old Roman forts / can also be used to mean high place / berry byr   byre   a shed or hovel byre   byre   a shed or hovel cad   cæd   a boat caister   cæster   roman fortified town- from latin castrum caistor   cæster   roman fortified town- from latin castrum cal   cawel   cabbage calde   ceald   cold - probably meaning abandoned - usually associated with roman locations caldi   ceald   cold - probably meaning abandoned - usually associated with roman locations calne   calan   cold cam   camb   comb - probably derived from teasels camp   camp   field can   þan   wetlands canter   cantwara   the tribe occupying kent pre saxon carr   carr   a rock cart   ceart   a rough common overrun with gorse, broom, bracken caster   cæster   roman fortified town- from latin castrum castle   castellum   starting in castle were probably small Roman forts castor   cæster   roman fortified town- from latin castrum cat   cattes   cat mint cater   citere   a harp cats   cattes   cat mint caw   cawl   colewort - field cabbage cawl   cawl   colewort - field cabbage ceat   sceat   promentory cester   cæster   roman fortified town ceter   cæster   roman fortified town chaf   ceaf   chaff chaff   ceaf   chaff chai   cælc/cealf   chalk/calf chalv   cealf   calf char   carr   a stone or rock chart   ceart   a rough common overrun with gorse, broom, bracken chat   cete   A cabin or cellar chatter   ceder   cedar trees cheap   ceap   good price - market chel   ceosel   Gravel or shingle chelten   ciltern   the chiltern hills chep   ceap   good price - market cher   cer   a turn ches   cyse   cheese chesil   ceosel   Gravel or shingle chester   cæster   roman fortified town chi   chyae   a crow or jay chid   cæd   boat chidd   cæd   boat chig   cycgel   strong stick, a cudgel chil   cele/ceorl   cold / a freeman chilt   cilct   chalk chilver   cilfor   female lamb chip   ceap   good price - market chipp   ceap   good price - market chipping   ceapen   to trade, market church   cirice   burial ground cinder   sinder   dross, metal impurity ciren   cicen   chicken clax   claþ   cloth clay   clæg   clay or possibly pottery cleve   cleaf   to clove or cut cley   clæg   clay or possibly pottery cliff   clif   a cliff or steep decent cliffe   clif   a cliff or steep decent cock   cocc/coccel   a male chicken/cockle cogges   crog   a small bottle - amphora col   coln   river colne/pebble stones cold   ceald   cold - usually meaning abandoned roman location cole   cawl   kale or cabbage coll   cnoll   a hill top coln   coln   a pebble or stone comb   comb   A low place enclosed with hills, a valley combe   comb   A low place enclosed with hills, a valley comp   comb   a valley con   cuna   cows cood   cæd   a boat cook   coc/coccel   a cock / cockles cool   cæol/cæle   a small ship or vessel/a keel coombe   comb   A low place enclosed with hills, a valley cor   cor   river cor corn   corn   corn - wheat cors   cærse   watercress cosh   cærse   watercress cot   cotlyf   a small village cote   cotlyf   a small village cott   cotlyf   a small village cottages   cotlyf   small village coty   cotlyf   a small village coven   cofan   convent cow   ge-cow   something chewed cox   coc   a cock cran   cræn   the bird - crane craw   crawe   the bird - crow credi   credic   a bowl cricket   crocca   a pot or pitcher cro   croh/craw/crog   crocus/a crow/a small bottle - amphora crock   croc   A crock, pitcher, waterpot or flagon, crook   crycc   a crook or staff cross   cruce   a cross(religious) , a crook or water pot, a crossing point crow   craw/croh/crog   crow(bird)/crocus(saffron)/small pot cuck   cuc   quick or rapid cum   cuman   go with da   doe   female deer dale   dæl   valley dalling   daeling   a dividing,a parting - a border or boundary dane   daen/den-bera   a valley / woodland swine pasture darenth   daroþ   spear, javelin, weapon darl   dæl   a dale dart   daroþ   spear, javelin or weapon datch   þæc   roof covering(possibly reeds - thatch) dav   doh   dough - bread making daven   doh þen   bread maker deep   deop   a deep place on land or deep water near the sea deeping   diþing   killing place, possible an abattoir del   dæl   a deep hollow or valley dell   dæl   a deep hollow or valley den   daen/den-bera   a valley / a forest swine pasture, most were settled after Domesday der   deor   any wild animal but usually deer dere   deor   deer des   dærst   ferment dic   dic   a dyke, a mound or bank dich   dic   a dyke, a mound or bank dick   dic   a dyke, a mound or bank dickle   dic el   the people of the dike did   dydan   place of killing - abbatoir dik   dic   a dyke, a mound or bank dike   dic   trench, ditch; an earthwork with a trench or a moat dis   dic   a dyke, a mound or bank diss   þes   place of demons ditch   dic   a dyke, a mound or bank dock   dox   dark coloured dol   dol   steep side valley dole   dolh   steep sided valley ending in don   dun   a place near a steep hill/hillfort dor   dora/dor   a bumble bee/door dore   dora/dor   a bumble bee/door dorm   þorn   a thorn dorn   þorn   a thorn down   dun/dune   a hill, mountain dray   dragan   to pull (cart) drif   dræf   a drove drove   dræf   a drove duck   duce   a duck dun   dun   a mountain or hill dune   dun   a hill dunge   dinne   stormy or tempestuous dur   deor   deer durr   deor   deer dyke   dic   trench, ditch; an earthwork with a trench or a moat dym   demman   dam to stop water ea   ea   stream ear   ærn   habitation earl   eorl   an earl, important person eas   gos   geese ease   ease   wild carrot east   east   east ebb   ebba/yppe   ebb low tide a receding of water/a raised place, a lookout place ebbs   ebba/yppe   ebb low tide a receding of water/a raised place, a lookout place ebony   ebba en æg   people of the ebb and flow/tidal island eden   eðan   overflowing edge   ecg   an edge edmund   edmund   a saint edmunds   edmund   a saint eel   æl   an eel el   el   person ell   eel   eel ellen   ellen   elder tree elm   ellm   elm tree elms   ellm   elm tree en   en   word termination usually means 'of' end   ende   end terminus engle   engle   the Angles(people) eorp   eorp/eorþ   Dark, dusky, brown, swarthy/earthy eorpe   eorp/eorþ   Dark, dusky, brown, swarthy/earthy epp   yppe   a raised place, a lookout place eps   ebba/yppe   ebb low tide a receding of water/a raised place, a lookout place er   ere   a person eridge   ern hrycg   eagle ridge ering   ere ænge   people of a troubled village(appear to be fortlets or pallisaded villages) ern   ærn   a house or cottage erne   ærn   a house or cottage es   æs/æst   meat/east ending in et   æg   an island etch   weacg   metal eter   cæster   roman fortified town ending in eth   hyð   hythe - usually a harbour or port, an important or first one, or starting point ett   eþ   waves ew   euwa   a sheep ewas   ewes   ewes sheep ewe   euwa   a sheep ex   æc   oak tree ey   æg   an island ending in ey   æg   an island eye   æg   an island eype   yppe   a raised place, a lookout place fair   fær   a ship or vessel fairwarp   feld-wyrt   herb - field wort faken   þacian   to thatch fall   feoh el   the cattle people fant   fant   holy spring or well far   fah   coloured fare   fær   journey or fair or fever farm   feorm   food, provision, goods, substance farth   feorða   a quarter or piece fel   fel   skin, hides or pelts feld   feld   a field however quite a number were derived from welle a well felt   felt   a saddle cloth fen   fenn   a fen fenny   fennig   marshy muddy or dirty fern   fearn   a fern ferr   fer/fer   a journey/ship field   feld   a field however quite a number were derived from welle a well fields   feld   a field however quite a number were derived from welle a well fil   fild   a level field, even, flat land fin   fioh-en   cattle - male - bulls finc   finc   finch the bird firle   firhþ/firl   peaceful/distant place firth   frið   peaceful five   fif   five flam   flan   An arrow, a dart flan   flan   An arrow, a dart fleet   fleot   a fast moving body of water,a bay, estuary, river etc - a place where boats float fleg   flega   fly flem   flæm   put to flight - possibly a battleground fleot   fleot   a fast moving body of water,a bay, estuary, river etc - a place where boats float fletch   flæsc   flesh - possibly deer flim   flime   fugitives flint   flint   a hard brittle rock flot   fleot   a fast moving body of water,a bay, estuary, river etc - a place where boats float flush   flys   fleece fms   ferme   originally a rent or lease, from 17th century the current meaning of farm fo   feoh   cattle fold   fealdan   pen or enclosure for sheep or other domestic animals folds   fealdan   pen or enclosure for sheep or other domestic animals folk   folc/feoh   people or tribe / cattle folke   folc/feoh   people or tribe / cattle font   funta   a spring foot   fot   base of ford   forda   shallow place where a river can be crossed forth   forda   shallow place where a river can be crossed fos   fæs   a fringe/boundary usually associated with a ditch foss   fæs   a fringe/boundary usually associated with a ditch foul   feoh el   the cattle people four   foewer   number four frad   þræd   thread fram   fram   firm or stout fre   for   pig or hog friez   fæs   fringe or border fril   þræl   slave, a thrall fris   fyrs   furze bushes (gorse) frisk   frisca   bittern frit   friþ   under protection of the church or king frith   friþ   under protection of the church or king fritten   fennig   marshy, muddy frods   froxas   frogs frome   fram   firm or stout front   funta   a spring ful   ful   foul full   ful   foul furz   fyrs   juniper trees furze   fyrs   juniper trees gain   þegn   thane - a servant, one who does service for another gate   gat   an entrance - from gat eye of a needle or a hole - appears related to roman roads, or parks gay   æg   an island ged   ced   boats gen   gan   a walk george   george   saint george gid   gid   a song or entertainment gidd   gid   a song or entertainment gild   gild   a fraternity - guild giming   gamian   to game, play, sport gip   ge-weorp   a heap gla   glæs   glass glind   glind   fence of boards or railing glinde   glind   fence of boards or railing glott   ge-læte   meeting/ending point glou   glæw   skilful glynd   glind   fence of boards or railing glynde   glind   fence of boards or railing gnat   gnæt   a gnat goat   geat   goat god   god   good gold   gold/geld   metal/castrate - possibly means horses here golden   gold/geld   metal/castrate - possibly means horses here goodwin   geard win   enclosed pasture goose   gos   a goose gor   gor   pulp or dirt gote   geat   goat goud   gewæd   a ford graf   graf   a grove of trees graves   græf   trench/bush or bramble gray   graeg   colour between black and white great   great   big, tall, thick, stout, massive; coarse green   grene   grassy greta   grytta   coarse meal or grit grey   graeg   colour between black and white grin   grin   a snare or trap groom   brom   broom plant grove   groue   a grove guest   gist/gæst   yeast(possibly bread) or guest(visitors) guild   ge-gild   a guild, society, or club guist   gist   yeast probably brewing guld   gild   a fraternity - guild gulde   gild   a fraternity - guild gus   gist/gæst   yeast(possibly bread) or guest(visitors) had   hæsel/hæƿ   hazel trees / heath or wasteland where heather grows hail   hæg/haga   an enclosure / a haw, berry of the hawthorn hal   heall   hall half   healf   a half or part hall   heall   hall ham   hamm   Denotes a piece of land surrounded with paling, wicker-work, etc., and so defended against water, which would otherwise wash it away, so a valley settlement or settlement with a jetty. hammer   hamor   a hammer hamp   þam   well watered or wet area hams   hamm   Denotes a piece of land surrounded with paling, wicker-work, etc., and so defended against water, which would otherwise wash it away, so a valley settlement or settlement with a jetty. han   þan   damp hand   hand   hand hank   hæc   a fish catching frame hap   heop/heap   rose hip/pile or mound happis   heopes   rose hips har   here   an army, a host, multitude harbor   here-beorg   Harbour, shelter, lodgings or quarters harbour   here-beorg   Harbour, shelter, lodgings or quarters hard   heard   solid and firm hare   hara   herb haresfoot harlow   har hleow   the old refuge harow   har hleow   the old refuge harrow   har hleow   the old refuge hart   heort   a male deer or stag harts   heort   a male deer or stag hatch   haecce   a fence of railings or a gate usually to a royal hunting park havant   haefen   a haven, port haven   haefen   a haven, port hawk   hafoc/haga   a hawk / a haw, berry of the hawthorn hay   heg   hay or dried grass head   heafod   head or promontary heath   hæþ   heath or wasteland where heather grows heche   hecge/hæcce   hedge or lightly wooded/fenced hedge   hecge   hedge or lightly wooded heding   hengen   a place of hanging height   heahþu   high place hel   hell   the grave - burial place hell   hell   the grave - burial place hemel   hamel   rugged heming   hemming   a type of leather shoe hemm   haem   top hemming   hemming   a type of leather shoe hemp   hemeþe   an undergarment with short sleeves, a shirt here   haere   foreign troops herne   ern   eagle herr   haere   foreign troops herst   hyrst   A clearing in the Forest, most were settled after Domesday hert   heort   a male deer or stag hever   hæfer   a male goat hex   hecen/ticcen   a kid - small goat hey   heg   hay or dried grass heydon   hædern   a store / store room hick   hæc   hatch, grating, a gate made of latticework high   hoh   of great height, tall, conspicuously elevated hil   hyll   a hill hill   hyll   a hill hills   hyll   hills hin   hæn   hen/chicken hinck   hlinc   a bank forming a boundary hind      a female deer hink   hlinc   a bank forming a boundary hirst   hyrst   A clearing in the Forest, most were settled after Domesday hitch   hæc   hatch, grating, a gate made of latticework hith   hyð   hythe - usually a harbour or port, an important or first one, or starting point hithe   hyð   hythe - usually a harbour or port, an important or first one, or starting point ho   hus   short for house - dwelling, shelter, house - from Proto-Germanic *husan hoath   hæþ   heath or wasteland where heather grows hock   hock   mallow hoe   hoh   a headland or promontory originally heel hol   hol   A hole, hollow, cavern or den hole   hol/hal   a hole, cavern or hollow holk   holc   a hollow or a cavity holl   holl/hoh   cavern/a headland or promontory originally heel holme   holmr   small island holt   holt   a wood or copse holtye   holt æ   a stream in a wood holy   halag   holy, consecrated, sacred, godly home   hamm   Denotes a piece of land surrounded with paling, wicker-work, etc., and so defended against water, which would otherwise wash it away, so a valley settlement or settlement with a jetty. honi   haen   a hen - chicken hoo   hoh   a headland or promontory originally heel hooe   hoh   a headland or promontory originally heel hook   hoc   mallow plant hope   hofa   the court of a prince or justice hor   hoar/heort   frosty/ a hart - stag horn   horn   a horn-shaped projection horne   þorn   a thorn hors   heors   horse horse   heors   horse hoth   hæþ   heath or wasteland where heather grows hough   hoh   a headland or promontory originally heel house   hus   dwelling, shelter, house - from Proto-Germanic *husan hov   hofe   violas hove   hofe   viola hun   hæn   hen/chicken hunger   hanga   a slope hunt   hunt   hunting hunting   hunting   hunting hurst   hyrst   A clearing in the Forest, most were settled after Domesday hythe   hyð   hythe - usually a harbour or port, an important or first one, or starting point i   iw   yew iam   æg hamm   an island - a piece of land surrounded with paling, wicker-work, etc., and so defended against water, which would otherwise wash it away, so a valley settlement or settlement with a jetty. ic   æc   oak ickle   Hæcce el   The people who fish using fishframes ickles   Hæcce el s   The many people who fish using fishframes idge   hrycg   ridge - originally a back of an animal ight   ehta/hwit   eight(no idea what this would mean though)/white iham   æg hamm   an island - a piece of land surrounded with paling, wicker-work, etc., and so defended against water, which would otherwise wash it away, so a valley settlement or settlement with a jetty. il   ildu   old in   en   the people of ing   ænge   troubled village(appear to be fortlets or pallisaded villages) ing's   ænge   ænge troubled village(appear to be fortlets or pallisaded villages) ings   ænge   troubled village(appear to be fortlets or pallisaded villages) inner   innera   inner interior not used till 1400's ip   yppe   a raised place, a lookout place ir   ir   axe shaped ridge iren   iren   iron implements ending in is   æg   an island isen   isen   iron working island   æg   an island isle   æg   an island itch   yce   frog ending in ith   hyð   hythe - usually a harbour or port, an important or first one, or starting point ivy   ifig   ivy jev   geofon   the sea kane   cyne   king or royal kates   cattes   cat mint kell   cæol /cæle   a small ship or vessel/a keel kemp   cempa   soldier, warrior or champion ken   cen   torch kenn   cen   torch kid   cæd   a boat kiln   cylen   a kiln king   cyng   the king's kings   cyng   the king's kipp   cyp   chip, beam, log, trunk of a tree kirt   cyrtel   vest, garment, frock or coat kitch   cicen   chicken kneb   cnæp   top of a hill/a button knee   cneo   a knee or a bend knell   cnyll   Tolling of Bell, or Clang of metal knoll   cnoll   hill top knut   cnut   King Canute lac   lacu   a lake, pool or stream lade   lædan   to make, produce lady   hlæfdige   a lady lake   lacu   a lake or pond lam   lam   mud or clay lamb   lamb   a lamb lamber   lamb   a lamb lan   lang   tall or high lanc   wlæc   splendid, rich, arrogant land   land   ground, earth or field lands   land   ground, earth or field lane   lanu   narrow hedged-in road lang   læng   long lank   læng   long lark   lawerce   a lark - bird laugh   hlæw   a low rounded hill law   hælw   a low rounded hill lay   leah   A lea, meadow, open space, untilled land le   leah   A lea, meadow, open space, untilled land lea   leah   A lea, meadow, open space, untilled land leam   læmen   clay - earthenware leap   hleap   to leap leath   læð   land lech   leac   a leek lee   leah   A lea, meadow, open space, untilled land leek   leac   leek leem   lim   lime lees   lǽs   a pasture leigh   leah   A lea, meadow, open space, untilled land leo   leah   a lea, meadow, open space, untilled land les   læca   leech letch   læce   leech level   lifer   a level surface lew   hlæw   a low rounded hill lewes   hloew eas   shelter, protection, covering, refuge by the river ley   el æg/leah   person's island if near the sea / open space, untilled land lich   lic   dead bodies(funeral place) lid   hlaed   a pile or mound or agger lide   hlaed   a pile or mound or agger light   lihtan   to shine - give light lill   læl   a pliant twig, withe lim   læmen   made of clay, earthen lime   læmen   made of clay, earthen limen   læmen   river full of silt(clay) limps   læmen   clayey or earthen lin   lin/lind   flax/lime tree lind   glind/lynd   fence of boards or railing/grease ling   el ænge   people of a troubled village(appear to be fortlets or pallisaded villages) link   hlinc   rising ground lip   hlip/hliþ   a place to jump over / a hillside lis   lǽs   a pasture lit   lit   a small boat little   lytel   little, small liver   liþ   limb shaped lock   loc   an enclosure or fold long   lange   long lop   loppe   flea, spider or silk worm lough   loh   an inlet or large lake low   hleow   A shelter, protection, covering, refuge lower   lower   lower than lul   læl   flexible twigs, switches or withe lull   læl   flexible twigs, switches or withe lut   lad   a watercourse lutt   hlutre   bright ly   æg/leah   an island near the sea / woodland clearing if inland lydd   hlaed/lid   a pile or mound or agger or a ship lym   lim   lime, cement or glue lyme   læmen   made of clay, earthen lympne   hlimme æg   a torrent(very fast water) island lynd   glind/lynd   fence of boards or railing/grease lyne   lin   flax lynn   lean   a gift/reward maid   mæd   a meadow mains   mægen   military force mal   melu   flour mallet   mælmete   food man   mann   man mans   mann   man mar   maera/mære   boundaries/sea or lake (large body of water) mark   maerc   a boundary marl   marl/mærel   a type of limestone/A rope for mooring a ship marsh   mersc   a fen, bog or marsh mary   mary   saint mary mat   mæþ/ma   mowing / pickaxe may   mæþ/mæge   mowing - hay/kinswoman may's   mese or mece   a Table / Swords(meaning defended) mays   mese/mece   a Table / Swords(meaning defended) mead   mæd   a meadow meadow   medu   mead, a drink made from honey mel   melu   meal, flour melk   melc   milk mell   mela   meal or flour meon   meo-en   the shoe people mer   mære   sea or lake (large body of water) mere   mære   sea or lake (large body of water) mering   maere ænge   troubled village(appear to be fortlets or pallisaded villages) near the sea mes   mes   dung meth   mearþ   a marten(weasel) mid   middan   central middle middle   middel   the middle - between mil   mil   millet mill   miln   a mill to grind grain min   min   small minster   minster   large church or monastry mol   mæl   speech - place for speaking mon   mon   man mond   mund   a mound moor   mor   wet boggy land moot   mot   meeting point or court mor   mor   a moor, waste and damp land more   mere   the sea - possibly an inlet moss   mos   a mossy place mound   mund   protected mount   munt   a mountain or mound mouth   muða   mouth of a river mow   mæw   sea gull ms   mesan   eating mump   munt   a mountain or mound mund   mund   protected mylke   mylc   milc nash   næsc   fawn skin naze   næsse   promentory, headland or cape ne   niew   new need   nædl   needle neot   neat   ox or cow ner   ner   A refuge nere   ner   a refuge nes   næsse   promentory, headland or cape ness   næsse   promentory, headland or cape nether   næddre   adder snake new   niwe   new newen   neowan   recent next   neah   nearby ney   en æg   en - people of and æg - an island nin   ge-nimen   land taken ninfield   nerewelle   refuge well - originates from Domesday spelling nor   norþ   north nord   norð   north north   norþ   north nour   norþ   north nut   hnutu   nut oak   aac   oak tree ock   aac   oak tree oe   ewe   sheep of   of   belonging off   ofen   an oven or furnace usually used for processing raw materials oke   aac   oak tree old   eald   old or ancient om   hjem   home - A village or location originally found in valleys with sea access hence Home for the Saxons - in later years this derivation changed to mean near water. ending in on   tƿrn   a high place. Usually a village or a location originally settled on hills. ond   ond   and ending in op   hofa   the court of a prince or justice ore   ore/ora   a mineral in raw state/a shore orle   orildu/horh   very old / clammy air - foggy otter   otor   an otter ottery   otor   an otter ouse   use   the river ouse possibly derived from osle - blackbirds outer   utera   outer outmost not used till 1400's over   ofer   an edge, border, margin overy   ofer-yð   excessive waves or waves of a tempestuous sea owsle   osle   blackbird ox   oxan   oxen oxn   oxan   oxen oxney   oxan æg   ox island paddock   pearroc   an enclosure pas   pise / paþ   pea / path peas   pise   pea pease   pise   pea peck   pic   pitch peel   paell   cloak or purple dye pem   pæƿ   a path pening   pening   coin production pens   penne   enclosure, pen, fold peper   piþa   pith (used for lighting) pepper   paper/hreod-pipere   papyrus(reed like) plants/reed pipes(flutes) pet   pæþ   path peter   petersilige   herb parsley/st peter pether   pæþþan   a path pett   pit   a pit pevens   fæsten naess   fortress promentory pew   euwa   a sheep pick   picen   pitchy of pitch pidd   piþa   a marrow pier   pere   pear pilt   pæll   purple dye pin   penn   a pinnacle; a promontory, cape; battlement - steep ground pip   pipe   channel of a small stream pipp   pipe   channel of a small stream pis   pæð/pi   path/pea pit   pytt   a pit or hole in the ground pitch   pic   pitch - resin plax   fleax   flax play   fla   An arrow ⬩ a dart ⬩ javelin poke   pohha   a pouch or bag pole   pol   a pool pool   pol   a pool poole   pol   a pool popping   popig   poppy post   post   post or pedestal pott   pott   pot potter   pott-ere   a potter poul   pull   a pool poyn   pynca   a point prince   preon   broach or clasp puck   pucca   mischevious spirit (puck) pul   pull   a pool pull   pull   a pool pur   pur   a bittern pury   burh/beorg/berie   fortified place, castle - usually associated with old Roman forts / can also be used to mean high place / berry pye   pyf   windy quarn   cwæn   a queen r   ere   person ra   ra   roebuck - deer rack   racca   A cord, which forms part of the rigging of a ship rad   rad   a harness ral   heal   a corner ram   rom   a ram - sheep rand   rand   a brink, edge, margin, shore ratt   ræt   rat reac   ræce   a rake read   ræd   red or ruddy reep   ræp   A place that the church controls reps   ræp   A place that the church controls ret   ræt   a rat rhee   ea   watercourse rich   rice   powerful ruler rick   rics   the reed rid   þræd   oxen ridge   hrycg   ridge - originally a back of an animal rinc   nering   a defended village ring   nering   a defended village rings   nering   old defended celtic ring fort rip   rip   harvesting - farming ripe   rip   harvest - crop growing ris   ræs   a whirlpool or rapid tide rise   risan   rise, go up rith   rið   a small stream road   rad   road/carriageway a place where you ride roberts   roðer   sailor or rower probably means sea inlet or deep river rod   hroða   hides - tanning possibly rolven   rowan   rowan tree rom   rom   a ram - sheep ron   renge   spiders or spiders web rose   rose   rose rother   roðer   sailor or rower probably means sea inlet or deep river rott   hrot   scum/foam possibly from sea roug   ræge   a wild she goat row   ræw   edge or border ruck   hroc   the bird - rook rug   ruh   uncultivated run   run   a whisper , light noise rush   rusce   a rush plant rust   roest   rust probably from the colour of the water s   s   of as in 's(belongs to) or multiple sad   sada   cord, halter or snare sale   sealh   willow tree salis   salig   willow tree sall   sal   a rope, cord, line or rein salt   sealt   derived from sult which is modern salt, so a place where salt is extracted sand   sand   sand sare   sear   withered, barren sarre   sæ-rof   strong in rowing sax   seaxe/sæx   axe used by the saxons saxon   seax-en   the people of the seaxe scar   carr   a rock scarp   scearpe   sharp point usually a ridge or mountain scull   scyl   shell or nut se   sæ   the sea sea   æg   an island seal   sealh   willow tree sed   sæd/sadal   seed/ass donkey sel   sel   if near a river - a willow tree otherwise a hall sell   sel   if near a river - a willow tree otherwise a hall selme   sealma   a couch - possibly an overnight stop sen   isen   iron senlac   isen/æsen lacu   iron/ashen pond or lake sett   sete   place sev   scep   a sheep seven   seofon   seven sex   seaxe/sæx   axe used by the saxons sey   æg   an island shaftes   sceaft   spear sham   hamm   Denotes a piece of land surrounded with paling, wicker-work, etc., and so defended against water, which would otherwise wash it away, so a valley settlement or settlement with a jetty. shear   sceare   to shear - sheep land sheep   scæp   sheep sheer   sc¡re   Light or Clear shef   sheaf   the river sheaf shep   scæp   sheep sher   sceare   to shear - usually sheep shering   sceran   to cut or shear shern   sceren   to shear - sheep land shield   scyld/sceald   a shield ship   scæp   sheep shipd   scæp   sheep shire   scir   office, charge, business, administration, government - administrative area shore   ora   a shore, haven or port shot   sprot   a course kind of rush shrew   screb   cormorant sib   sæ-bat   sea boat sid   sid   river sid side   side   on the side slade   slæd   low, flat, marshy ground, with a broad bottom slug   sloges   a muddy wet place - slough small   smæl   small/little smeeth   sméðe   smooth - flat land snail   snægel   a snail snar   snearu   a snare or noose - a twisted rope snave   snæþ   a piece of land within defined limits, but without enclosures sod   sæd   seed sol   sulh   plough somer   sumer   summer or harvest sompt   sealt   derived from sult which is modern salt, so a place where salt is extracted song   song/sond   a song /sand sound   sund   sea, body of water south   suþ   south souther   suþ   southerly spald   speld   a thin wooden torch speld   speld   a thin wooden torch spit   spitu   a roasting spit / spit(point) of land spring   spring   a well or spring stad   stæde   a place or pasture stade   stæþ   a bank or shore staine   stan   stone - probably a roman road, milestone or builders stone staines   stan   stone - probably a roman road, milestone or builders stone staith   stæþ   a bank or shore staithe   stæþ   a bank or shore stam   stan   stone - probably a roman road, milestone or builders stone stan   stan   stone - probably a roman road, milestone or builders stone stane   stan   stone - probably a roman road, milestone or builders stone staple   stapol   a post, pillar or column - possibly roman milepost stathe   stæþ   a bank or shore stav   steaf   staff or staves stead   stæde   a place or pasture stebb   steða/stybb   stables/stubble sted   stæde   a place or pasture stephen   stephen   saint stephen steven   stiþe   nettle steyn   stan   stone - probably a roman road, milestone or builders stone stibb   styb   tree stumps stick   stic   peg or spoon shape stiff   stif   unbending, rigid stock   stoc   a place, probably a farm or stockade stocks   stoc   a place, probably a farm or stockade stoke   stoccen   made of wood possibly a stockade ston   stan   stone - probably a roman road, milestone or builders stone stone   stan   stone - probably a roman road, milestone or builders stone stoney   stan   stone - probably a roman road, milestone or builders stone stort   steort   a promontory, tongue of land stour   stour   river stour stow   stow   a place possibly holy stowe   stow   a place possibly holy strand   strand   shore or side straw   streaw   straw, dried grass stream   stroom   a stream stunt   stenc   stench stut   stut   gnats and midges sty   stig   a wooden enclosure sud   suþ   south sul   suluh/sulh   a plough sull   suluh/sulh   a plough sund   sund/sand   sound - noisy / sand possibly Viking meaning a strait sunn   sunn   the sun(sunny) sut   suþ   south suther   suþ   southern swaff   swæþe   clothing swan   swan   a swan swin   swyn   pig swine   swyn   pig sycamore   sicomorus   a sycamore tad   tadige   toad take   þæc   roof covering(possibly reeds - thatch) tang   tang   a tong tar   teoru   tar, bitumen, resin, gum tarr   teoru   tar, bitumen, resin, gum taw   tawa   part of a cart tay   twy   a twig or shoot tean   teon   place of construction ted   stæde   a place or pasture tel   teala   farmer temple   tempel   a temple/church tend   tynder   tinder for fire lighting tenter   tender   tinder for fire lighting tet   tæpped   wall or floor covering - carpet tey   twy   a twig or shoot thames   temes   river thames than   þegn   thane - a servant, one who does service for another thatch   þæc   roof covering(possibly reeds - thatch) thax   taxe   a toad the   þæt   that thet   þeod   a body of warriors, attached by personal service to the king they   þæc   roof covering(possibly reeds - thatch) thirsk   þirsce   threshing place thorn   þorn   a thorn thorne   þorn   a thorn thorney   þorn æg   thorn island thorp   ƿorp   a crowd - a village thorpe   ƿorp   a crowd - a village thurl   ceorl   a freeman tice   ticcen/hecen   a kid - small goat tide   tyd   time - meaning regular til   tilia   farmer till   tilea   farmer tip   tæppa   ribbon, tape etc titch   ticen   a small goat - kid tod   tude   a shield todd   tude   a shield tol   tol   a manufacturing place toll   cnoll   a hill top or raised area ton   tun   a settlement on a hill ending in ton   tun   a settlement on a hill toot   yppe   a raised place, a lookout place tor   torr   a turret or tower tott   to   a projection - possibly like a hoo but inland tow   tow-lic   weaving tree   treow   a tree triming   trymming   protection tring   þring   a crowd, crowded trout   truht   a trout try   treow   a tree tud   tude   a shield tude   tude   a shield tun   tun   a mountain or hill a number of tuns are next to old celtic hillforts tup   tæppa   ribbon, tape etc twy   twy   a twig tyne   tyne   river tyne uck   aac   oak trees udi   uddyr   udder of a beast ult   uloh   wool under   under   beneath or below up   yppe   a raised place, a lookout place urst   hyrst   A clearing in the Forest, most were settled after Domesday vant   fant   spring or fountain ver   fer   a vessel or ship vine   win   a vine - originally latin vinum wad   waad   woad - blue dye wade   wæd   a ford waker   wæccer   watchful wal   wæl / wul   a deep pool, gulf or deep water / wool wald   weald   forested uplands walk   wealcan   to roll, walk wall   weall   steep ,wall, lofty, high place walla   weall   steep ,wall, lofty, high place walt   walch   a harrow - farm wan   win   pasture wang   wang   field, plain, land, country, place wann   wæn   waggon war   wer   a wier warble   wen-byl   a boil/warble, probably from the gadfly larvae in cattle wardine   weort/worð   wort, herb/land ware   wær   the sea warm   wearm   warm warning   warenung   guarding warp   weort/worð   wort, herb/land wart   waeta   wetland or marsh was   wæsce   a place that floods wash   æsc/wæsce   ash tree if inland/a place that floods wat   hwaet/watel   wheat/wattle water   wæter   water way   weg   a means of access - track or road weald   wald   forested uplands wee   wig   idol or shrine weet   wæt   wet or moist wel   wille   A well, spring, fountain well   wille   A well, spring, fountain wells   wille   A well, spring, fountain weo   wig   idol or shrine wep   weþer   ram wes   wæst   west west   wæst   west wester   wæst   west wet   wæt   wet or moist wey   wey   river wey whal   wæl   deep water or of the sea wharf   hwearf   A wharf, bank, shore what   hwaet/watel   wheat/wattle whin   win / wein   a pasture / wine whit   wæt   wet, damp, moist white   hwit   white whittle   watel   wattle(woven twigs) wich   vicus   small provincial roman town wick   vicus   small provincial roman town wig   wig   idol or shrine wigh   wæt   wet, moist, damp wil   wig   idol or shrine wild   weald   a forest or wood will   wig   idol or shrine wilm   wylm   steam or vapour - misty or foggy wilt   wealte/wælt   a ring or snare/thigh or sinew wim   wylm   steam or vapour - misty wimble   wibba   worm or beetle win   win / wein   a pasture / wine winch   win   pasture winchel   þweng chesil   thong(long thin) shingle bank wind   wind   the wind, a windy place windle   windel   a basket wine   wine   a friend wing   wean/wingeard   possibly a spring/or a vineyard wink   wince   winch wir   wir   myrtle tree wit   wæt   wet, damp, moist with   wiðie   a withy - willow band wither   wiððe   wither a bundle of willow twigs withy   wiðie   a withy - willow band witter   wæter   water wive   webba   spiders wivels   wæfels   cloak, wrap or covering wix   vicus   small provincial roman town wok   wicca   a witch woking   wocig   snare, noose wol   wul   wool wold   wald   forested uplands wood   wudu   wudu, earlier widu tree, trees collectively, forest, grove. wool   wul   wool woot   wæt   wet, damp, moist worth   weort/worð   wort, herb/land worthy   weort/worð   wort, herb/land wot   wæt   wet, damp, moist wrot   wrot   snout probably meaning pigs wrox   hroc   rook, raven or jackdaw wy   wig   idol or shrine wymond   wyl mund   The well - of a man of power and strength wyn   win   wine ending in y   æg/leah   derived from æg/leah ‑ an island near the sea / woodland clearing if inland (Saxon) yald   gældan   to pay yarmouth   ear-múþa   the river Yare, múþa the mouth yates   æte   oats ye   æg   an island yeo   yeo   the yeo/ivel river from north dorset yeovil   gæfel   implement fork yew   iw   yew tree yne   ynne   onion yng   ænge   troubled village(appear to be fortlets or pallisaded villages) yp   yppe   a raised place, a lookout place yppe   yppe   a raised place, a lookout place zeal   sæl   a hall zeals   sæl   owned by a hall zett   sete   place or seat(location) zoy   æg   an island zoyland   æg   an island   Copyright saxonhistory.co.uk 2013 - 2024 Contact Simon Author Simon M - Last updated - 03/04/2017 12:29 All pages on our site (Sitemap)