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=Bureaucratic details= | =Bureaucratic details= | ||
* Name: Branch | * Name: Branch<br> | ||
* Action: New<br> | * Action: New<br> | ||
* Already Registered Name? | * Already Registered Name? | ||
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* Oaks | * Oaks | ||
* Lakes, eg. Loch Chrioch (boundary lake) | * Lakes, eg. Loch Chrioch (boundary lake) | ||
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|| Old English words: || source | |||
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|| Norbreck - North hill or slope || Ekwall | |||
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==Ekwall - crow, north, oak, "reach"== | ==Ekwall - crow, north, oak, "reach"== | ||
* Crawe = crow, see crannoch, croiden, cromer | * Crawe = crow, see crannoch, croiden, cromer | ||
* | * Crannoch = crow's stream | ||
* Cra:-ster = old fort inhabited by crows | |||
* | * Crawley = Crow's Wood | ||
* | * Croweshagh = 1324 = Crow's Wood | ||
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* Northrup [sic] - northern village, also maybe?crossroads?, see below | * Northrup [sic] - northern village, also maybe?crossroads?, see below | ||
* Oakmere [sic] - oak lake in Ekwall | * Oakmere [sic] - oak lake in Ekwall | ||
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* Oaklea - oak wood | * Oaklea - oak wood | ||
* Aconbury - old fort inhabited by squirrels - somebody PLEASE take this name!!!! | * Aconbury - old fort inhabited by squirrels - somebody PLEASE take this name!!!! | ||
==Other ideas== | ==Other ideas== | ||
Giant | |||
* Giant is a late period English surname | * Giant is a late period English surname | ||
* Ent is Old English for giant per the Middle English Dictionary - https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionary/dictionary/MED14203/track?counter=2&search_id=9800794 | * Ent is Old English for giant per the Middle English Dictionary - https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionary/dictionary/MED14203/track?counter=2&search_id=9800794 | ||
Oak | |||
* Oak in Middle English Dictionary - https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionary/dictionary/MED30485/track?counter=1&search_id=9800794 | * Oak in Middle English Dictionary - https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionary/dictionary/MED30485/track?counter=1&search_id=9800794 | ||
** (1277) EPNSoc.17 (Not.)82 : Hoddeshock. Hoddes Oak. Hodde has lots of places. | ** (1277) EPNSoc.17 (Not.)82 : Hoddeshock. Hoddes Oak. Hodde has lots of places. | ||
** Oakmere [sic] - oak lake in Ekwall | ** Oakmere [sic] - oak lake in Ekwall | ||
Borders | |||
*Rand = Old English for a border land, edge/margin/shore | *Rand = Old English for a border land, edge/margin/shore | ||
* Thorp, Throp = outlying farm, territory, also possibly (per Middle English Dictionary) ?a place where many ways meet, crossroads; | * Thorp, Throp = outlying farm, territory, also possibly (per Middle English Dictionary) ?a place where many ways meet, crossroads; | ||
** | ** Northorp is in Ekwall | ||
* Marche - https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionary/dictionary/MED26879/track?counter=1&search_id=9803728 | * Marche - https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionary/dictionary/MED26879/track?counter=1&search_id=9803728 | ||
** (a) A region, province, district; a country; -- often pl.; also, land, territory; (b) in titles of one of the English kings of arms: south marche(s of engelond, south marche, the area south of the river Trent in England under the jurisdiction of one of the principal heralds of England; ~ king of armes, the King of Arms, or chief herald, of this region; (c) the range or territory of an animal. | ** (a) A region, province, district; a country; -- often pl.; also, land, territory; (b) in titles of one of the English kings of arms: south marche(s of engelond, south marche, the area south of the river Trent in England under the jurisdiction of one of the principal heralds of England; ~ king of armes, the King of Arms, or chief herald, of this region; (c) the range or territory of an animal. | ||
** also in surnames | ** also in surnames | ||
Lake | |||
* Mere (Middle English) - https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionary/dictionary/MED27421/track?counter=10&search_id=9800794 | * Mere (Middle English) - https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionary/dictionary/MED27421/track?counter=10&search_id=9800794 | ||
* Lai (Middle English) - https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionary/dictionary/MED24575/track?counter=1&search_id=9800794 | * Lai (Middle English) - https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionary/dictionary/MED24575/track?counter=1&search_id=9800794 | ||
Prairie aka meadow: | |||
*Lea, Lei, etc. - https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionary/dictionary/MED25040/track?counter=1&search_id=9803728 | *Lea, Lei, etc. - https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionary/dictionary/MED25040/track?counter=1&search_id=9803728 | ||
** Akley, Okley [sic] - Aka's meadow/opening (after the personal name, so subst. some version of Crow as a personal name?) | ** Akley, Okley [sic] - Aka's meadow/opening (after the personal name, so subst. some version of Crow as a personal name?) | ||
==Combination== | ==Combination== | ||
*''Documentation for the combination of the names'' | *''Documentation for the combination of the names'' | ||
* ''Needed if lingual mix, temporal incompatibility, double-given name, etc. | * ''Needed if lingual mix, temporal incompatibility, double-given name, etc. | ||
[[Category:Name Consults]] | [[Category:Name Consults]] |