This page shows segments of place names
that can be related to Saxon locations.
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| Derivation |
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 | 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 |
| 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 |
