This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ...to be, we explain not only Hicklesworth, but such forms as Ickleford (Herts), Ickleton (Cambs), Icklesham (Sussex), etc., in all cases without introducing Ecclesia. From not seeing the meaning of the underlying aecle, the writers on place-names have got into unnecessary perplexity: Johnston Place-Names ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ...to be, we explain not only Hicklesworth, but such forms as Ickleford (Herts), Ickleton (Cambs), Icklesham (Sussex), etc., in all cases without introducing Ecclesia. From not seeing the meaning of the underlying aecle, the writers on place-names have got into unnecessary perplexity: Johnston Place-Names discusses Eccles as follows: Ecdes (Lanes, Attleborough, Maidstone) and Ecclesfield (Sheffield). Lane. E. sic. c. 1100. Sh. E. Dom. Eclesfelt, 1179 Eeclesfield. Either L. ecclesia, W. eglwys, 'a church, ' or rare case of a personal name in gen. used for a place, without suffix, '(village of) JScel, ' or 'Mcle? a known O.E. name....It is hard to be certain which alternative is right; both are contrary to the usual. E.g. why should the name J&de so often be used alone, when almost no other is? Upon which we remark that it is not absolutely necessary to exclude either alternative, but that, of the two, the Woodpecker generally seems to have the right of way against the Church. Of the names assigned to the Woodpecker, the continental parallels suggest higher antiquity for a form haeckel, than for the Worcestershire (stock-)eagle. A word may now be added on the form Fina (a weak masculine form in Anglo-Saxon) detected by Middendorff and again by Goodall. If this form of the Woodpecker's name be conceded, quite a number of place-names will have to be examined, such as Finborough (Suffolk), Finham (Warwick), Findon (Aberdeen and Sussex), Finedon (Northants), Finstock (Oxford), Finsthwaite (Lancashire), Finsbury (Middlesex). The genitive formation in Anglo-Saxon ought to be Finan, which seems to rule out two or three of our group at once (i.e. if we assume them to be possessive formations). The alternative seems to be the assumption of an O.E. personal name...
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