LL-L: "Place names" LOWLANDS-L, 25.APR.2001 (01) [E]

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From: Colin Wilson <lcwilson at starmail.com>
Subject: LL-L: "Place names" LOWLANDS-L, 24.APR.2001 (04) [E]

At 21:25 24/04/01, Sandy Fleming wrote:
>Larkhall (& other "halls" as opposed to the Scots "haa")
>- an English corruption of "lark haugh".

A very interesting posting, all in all, from Sandy.

As for the name "Larkhall", given that the Scots for "lark" (the
bird) is "laverock", I've often thought that "Lark" in "Larkhall"
must mean something else. My guess is that it's an eroded form of
"larick" (the larch tree). That's only a guess, though.

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  Colin Wilson                  the graip wis tint, the besom wis duin
                                the barra wadna row its lane
  writin fae Aiberdein,         an sicna soss it nivver wis seen
  the ile capital o Europe      lik the muckin o Geordie's byre
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From: "WIEBE,HAUKE (A-Scotland,ex1)" <hauke_wiebe at agilent.com>
Subject: Place names

Moin, moin alltohoop,

Just asking, although it seems almost too obvious:

> Sandy Fleming [sandy at scotstext.org]wrote
> Subject: "Place names"
> [....]
>Morebattle, Newbattle &c - here "battle" is from the Old
>English "botl", meaning "house".
>Sandy

Is this related to the place name ending "-büttel"
as in Brunsbüttel, Eimsbüttel, Elbersbüttel etc..
which are quite common in the Lower-Elbe-Region of Northern Germany?

Are there any other -battel in England.
I seem to only remember that Battle near Hastings,
which has an entirely different etymology.

What other place name ending were taken over to England/Scotland with the
Anglo-Saxons?
are other associated endings
-rade ==> -row (Harrow)?
-husen ==> -house -houses (Seahouses)?
-stedt ==> -stead (Hampstead)?
what others are there?

What about Danish or Jutish endings
-by seems an obvious candidate..
-rup

Tschuess
        Hauke Wiebe

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