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 | Anglo Saxon History Village/Town Names(Viking derivation) |  | |
| This page shows segments of place names
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Translation |  | booth | buð | shelter |  | ending in by|by | buð | shelter |  | dal | dalr | valley |  | gar | garðr | enclosure |  | garth | garðr | enclosure |  | ghyll | gil | a ravine or valley |  | gill | gil | a ravine or valley |  | holm | holmr | small island |  | howe | haugr | grave-mound - burial place |  | keld | keldr | spring |  | kes | cyse | cheese |  | kirk | kirkja | church |  | muckle | mikil | big |  | skip | scæp | sheep |  | sower | saurr | mud, dirt or tainted ground |  | ster | bustaðr | dwelling place |  | tarn | tjorn | a small mountain lake without tributaries |  | thwait | þvait | cleared area |  | toft | toft | homestead | | |
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