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Glossary of the Elements in Beeston’s Place and Field Names - by Ivan Morrell
| Abbreviations |
| E.MOD.E | Early Modern English | L. | Latin |
| LL. | Late Latin | M.E. | Middle English |
| MED.L. | Medieval Latin | MOD.E. | Modern English |
| O.E. | Old English | F. | French |
| O.F. | Old French | O.Scan. | Old Scandinavian |
| Āc | O.E. | oak tree |
| Æcer | O.E. | plot or strips of cultivated or arable land, acre |
| Æsc | O.E. | ash tree |
| Akr | O.Scand | plot of cultivated land |
| Assart | O.F. | normally woodland cleared for cultivation not yet incorporated into the main arable land |
| Balc | O.E. | baulk, bank, ridge |
| Bēos | O.E. | bent grass |
| Bereærn | O.E. | store[ærn] where barley[bere] was kept |
| Birce | O.E. | birch tree |
| Birki | O.Scand | birch tree |
| Blæc | O.E. | black, fertile |
| Blāwan | O.E. | to blow, exposed |
| Blo | M.E. | bleak, exposed, blow |
| Brād | O.E. | broad, spacious, wide, ample |
| Brēr | O.E. | brier, bramble |
| Brōc | O.E. | brook |
| Brōm | O.E. | broom, brushwood |
| Brycg | O.E. | bridge |
| Bryne | O.E. | burning, fire, burn |
| Burg | O.E. | fortification |
| Buskr | O.Scand | bush |
| Buttuc | O.E. | end, small piece of land |
| Bytt | O.E. | small piece of land |
| Cirice | O.E. | church |
| Clif | O.E. | cliff, rock, steep slope |
| Clos | O.F. | enclosed or hedged land within the open field system, a close |
| Col | O.E. | coal |
| Commun | O.F. | common |
| Copp | O.E. | hilltop |
| Corone | O.F. | crown |
| Corniere | O.F. | corner |
| Cot | O.E. | cottage, dwelling, den |
| Crāwa | O.E. | crow, raven |
| Crocod | O.E. | crooked, bent |
| Croft | O.E. | enclosure, small enclosed field or plot of land |
| Cros | O.E. | cross |
| Crux | L. | cross |
| Cū | O.E. | cow |
| Cumb | O.E. | short broad valley usually with bowl shaped sides |
| Cutt | . | probably an O.Scand loan word, meaning either a division or a water channel |
| Cyte | O.E. | cottage, hut, cabin, cell, cubicle |
| Dāl | O.E. | portion, part, share |
| Dēor | O.E. | animal, beast, a deer |
| Dena | O.E. | dane |
| Denn | O.E. | woodland pasture, especially for swine |
| Denu | O.E. | valley |
| Dīc | O.E. | ditch, dike |
| Docce | O.E. | dock plant, sorrel |
| Drit | O.Scand | dirt, excrement |
| Dūfe | O.E. | dove |
| Dyke | O.Scand | ditch, dyke |
| Eald | O.E. | old |
| Ende | O.E. | a seat, corner |
| Eng | O.Scand | meadow |
| Eik | O.Scand | oak tree |
| Ēast | O.E. | east |
| Fald | O.E. | pen, animal enclosure |
| Feld | O.E. | open country, tract of land cleared of trees |
| Fēorr | O.E. | far, remote, distant |
| Flatr | O.Scand | flat, level |
| Fljot | O.E. | a rivulet, a stream |
| Fola | O.E. | foal, a young horse |
| Ford | O.E. | ford |
| Forð | O.E. | forwards, onwards, forth |
| Frogga | O.E. | frog |
| Furh | O.E. | furrow, trench |
| Furlang | O.E. | length of a furrow, furlong |
| Gāra | O.E. | triangular, pointed, a point of land |
| Gata | O.Scand | road |
| Gate | . | late 16th Century northern term - the right to a run or pasturage for a cow, horse etc |
| Geard | O.E. | yard, enclosure |
| Geat | O.E. | gate, door, opening, way through, pass |
| Gemære | O.E. | boundary |
| Gemot | O.E. | assembly, court, meeting place |
| Gēotan | O.E. | flow, gush, flood |
| Glæd | O.E. | gleaming, bright, clear, later glade a woodland clearing |
| Gleða | O.N. | kite |
| Glida | O.E. | kite |
| Gors | O.E. | gorse |
| Gotu | O.E. | water channel |
| Gōs | O.E. | goose |
| Goulet | F. | water channel |
| Gravele | O.F. | gravel |
| Grene | O.E. | green |
| Hæg | O.E. | enclosure |
| Hafri | O.Scand. | oats |
| Haining | O.Scand. | a piece of meadow |
| Halh | O.E. | nook or corner of land |
| Hangian | O.E. | hang, suspend, a slope |
| Haugr | O.Scand | hill, mound, tumulus |
| Hassuc | O.E. | course grass |
| Heafod | O.E. | head |
| Heafodland | O.E. | headland |
| Heall | O.E. | hall, dwelling |
| Hende | M.E. | at hand, near |
| Hōh | O.E. | heel or spur of projecting land |
| Holh | O.E. | hole, hollow |
| Holm | O.E. | island, raised and dryer ground in a marsh or river side meadow |
| Holmr | O.Scand
| | Holt | O.E. | wood, thicket |
| Hors | O.E. | horse |
| Hūs | O.E. | house |
| Hwīt | O.E. | white, bright, glistening, infertile |
| Hwæte | O.E. | wheat, corn |
| Hwete | O.E. | whetstone |
| Hyll | O.E. | hyll |
| Hyrst | O.E. | wooded hillock or hillside |
| Intak | M.E. | a piece of land taken in from moorland |
| Kartr | O.Scand | cart |
| Kirkja/Kirk | O.Scand | church |
| Krokr | O.Scand. | crooked, angled |
| Land/Lond | O.E. | land, earth, a ridge in a ploughed strip |
| Lang | O.E. | long |
| Lanu | O.E. | lane, street |
| Lēah | O.E. | woodland clearing or glade, later a meadow |
| Lytel | O.E. | little |
| Mædwe | O.E. | meadow |
| Mealt | O.E. | steeped grain, malt |
| Mercatus | L. | to trade, a market |
| Mere | O.E. | meer, pool, lake |
| Micel | O.E. | much, many, great |
| Middel | O.E. | middle |
| Mōr | O.E. | moor, usually low-lying wetlands or marsh or boggy uplands |
| Muckle | M.E. | much, great amount, later dialect version of Micel, Muckle is the slightly larger amount when used alongside Micel |
| Molde | O.E. | mould, sand, dust, earth |
| Næp | O.E. | turnip |
| Niðera | O.E. | lower, under, lowest |
| Nook | M.E. | a sheltered or secluded corner of land |
| Ofer | O.E. | over, above, on high, on the other side of |
| Orceard / Ortgeard | O.E. | orchard, garden |
| Pastura | L. | pasture |
| Penn | O.E. | animal enclosure, pen |
| Persona | Med. L. | parish priest |
| Plāga | LL. | plague, pestulence |
| Pōl | O.E. | pool |
| Pundfald | O.E. | pinfold, enclosure for stray animals |
| Purpl | O.E. | purple |
| Pytt | O.E. | pit, hole |
| Ræw/Raw | O.E. | row, line, hedgerow |
| Ret | M.E. of Germanic origin | to moisten or soak |
| Rod/Rodu | O.E. | clearing |
| Rōd | O.E. | rood, a land measurement of a square rod, or a quarter of an acre |
| Rūh | O.E. | rough |
| Ryge | O.E. | rye |
| Rysce | O.E. | rush |
| Sand | O.E. | sand, gravel |
| Sceald | O.E. | thin layer, shallow |
| Scēla* | O.E. | temporary hut or shed |
| Scinbān | O.E. | shinbone |
| Scort | O.E. | short |
| Seolfer | O.E. | silver |
| Setl | O.E. | seat |
| Settecoppe | M.E. | seat shaped hillside |
| Skali | O.Scand | temporary hut or shed |
| Sīc | O.E. | stream |
| Sīk | O.Scand | stream |
| Skrabbe | O.Scand | crabapple |
| Slakki | O.Scand | shallow valley |
| Smæl | O.E. | thin, slender, narrow |
| Stæf | O.E. | staff, post |
| Stān | O.E. | stone |
| Staup | O.Scand | stoop, slope |
| Stēap | O.E. | precipitous, steep |
| Sticce | O.E. | a piece of land |
| Stræt | O.E. | street, main thoroughfare |
| Streaw | O.E. | straw |
| Stīg | O.E. | ascending narrow pathway |
| Stígr | O.Scand |
| Stōd | O.E. | stud |
| Stūpian | O.E. | stoop, slope |
| Sunu | O.E. | son |
| Tāde | O.E. | toad |
| Teoða | O.E. | a tenth part |
| Tōh | O.E. | tough, sticky |
| Toli | O.Scand | personal name - a shortened or pet form of Thorliefr |
| Tote | O.E. | watch, look out, stick out |
| Trēow | O.E. | tree |
| Tūn | O.E. | an enclosure, farmstead, village, manor, estate |
| Twicene | O.E. | originally a fork in a road, a forked way |
| Twitchell | M.E. | a narrow passage between two walls or edges |
| þorn/Ðorn | O.E. | thorn |
| Vangr | O.Scand. | originally a piece of unenclosed land in an open field system, the name later applied just to a meadow |
| Vrangr | O.Scand | crooked |
| Wæter | O.E. | water |
| Wād | O.E. | woad |
| Weg | O.E. | direction, path, road, way |
| Welig | O.E. | willow |
| Wēod | O.E. | weed |
| West | O.E. | west |
| Wiell | O.E. | to well up, a spring |
| Wrang | O.E. | wrong, rough, uneven |
| Wulflafestūn | O.E. | Wulflāf’s farm, modern Wollaton, Wulflāf is an Anglo-Saxon personal name meaning wolf descendant |
| Wyrt / Wort | O.E. | plant |
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