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==Ekwall - crow, north, oak, "reach"==
==Ekwall - crow, north, oak, "reach"==
The ALL CAPS names are the header forms in Ekwall; don't use them, they're modern. The forms with dates can be used.  DB refers to Domesday Book, which has an accepted date of 1086.
*BARTON - A common name, nearly always goes back to OE beretun or bærtun (bærlic ‘barley’) from bere ‘barley, corn‘ and tun. OE beretun is recorded in the sense of ‘threshing floor’. But a meaning ‘corn farm’ must also have existed in OE. The place name Bertuna is rendered as ‘villa frumentaria’. From ‘corn farm’ developed the later recorded meanings ‘demesne farm’ and ‘outlying grange’.
* Crawe = crow, see crannoch, croiden, cromer
* Crawe = crow, see crannoch, croiden, cromer
* CRANAGE - Croeneche DB; Craunach 1215, 1274; Craulach 1247, 1271; Cranach 1290; “crows’ stream”.
*CRANAGE - Croeneche DB; Craunach 1215, 1274; Craulach 1247, 1271; Cranach 1290; “crows’ stream”.
* CRANOE - Craweho DB; Crawenho 1198; Craunhou 1209; “headland frequented by crows”.
*CRANOE - Craweho DB; Crawenho 1198; Craunhou 1209; “headland frequented by crows”.
*CRASTER - Craucestr 1242; –cestre 1245; “old fort inhabited by crows”.
*CRASTER - Craucestr 1242; –cestre 1245; “old fort inhabited by crows”.
*CRAWCROOK - Crawecroca 1130 Kraukruke 1242; “bend frequented by crows”.
*CRAWCROOK - Crawecroca 1130 Kraukruke 1242; “bend frequented by crows”.
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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!!!!
* Villa Frumentaria - see Barton, above.  What an awesome place name!!!
* Winghat - wind gate or pass where wind blows through.
* Winghat - wind gate or pass where wind blows through.


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** Oakmere [sic] - oak lake in Ekwall
** Oakmere [sic] - oak lake in Ekwall


===Borders===
===Borders, Land===
*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
** A Northorp is mentioned 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
* Middle English words with "land" somewhere in their definition - https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionary/dictionary?utf8=%E2%9C%93&search_field=notes_and_def&q=land


===Lake===
===Lake===

Latest revision as of 17:56, 29 September 2021

Bureaucratic details[edit | edit source]

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Name Inspiration[edit | edit source]

  • Arakmarch - cow march
  • Giant's Reach - a Giant's Gate is a canton in the East (?)
  • Oaks
  • Lakes, eg. Loch Chrioch (boundary lake)
  • Hartford Mark
  • Drake's Mark - Currently registered as a Household name.
  • Auroch Mark
  • Aurochs Berg
  • Loch Chrioch
  • Fowl March
  • Fowl's Fen
  • Giants Mark
  • Fowls Reach
  • Norreach
  • Newt's Nest
  • Drake's Burg
  • Lochland Shire
  • Rolling Oaks
  • Crow's Crossing
  • Crow's Reach (referencing edge of the Kingdom and the middle of nowhere)
  • Crow's Lift/Loft (Referencing the Windmills)
  • Crow's Cliff


Ekwall - crow, north, oak, "reach"[edit | edit source]

The ALL CAPS names are the header forms in Ekwall; don't use them, they're modern. The forms with dates can be used. DB refers to Domesday Book, which has an accepted date of 1086.

  • BARTON - A common name, nearly always goes back to OE beretun or bærtun (bærlic ‘barley’) from bere ‘barley, corn‘ and tun. OE beretun is recorded in the sense of ‘threshing floor’. But a meaning ‘corn farm’ must also have existed in OE. The place name Bertuna is rendered as ‘villa frumentaria’. From ‘corn farm’ developed the later recorded meanings ‘demesne farm’ and ‘outlying grange’.
  • Crawe = crow, see crannoch, croiden, cromer
  • CRANAGE - Croeneche DB; Craunach 1215, 1274; Craulach 1247, 1271; Cranach 1290; “crows’ stream”.
  • CRANOE - Craweho DB; Crawenho 1198; Craunhou 1209; “headland frequented by crows”.
  • CRASTER - Craucestr 1242; –cestre 1245; “old fort inhabited by crows”.
  • CRAWCROOK - Crawecroca 1130 Kraukruke 1242; “bend frequented by crows”.
  • CRAWLEY - Crauelai DB; Craule 1195; Crauuelæa DB; Craweleainga Mearc 909; Crawanlea 960; Crawelie DB; Craule 1316; Crauleia 1203; “crows’ wood”.
  • CRAWLEY - Crawelawe 1225, 1256; “crows’ hill”.
  • CRAWSHAW - Croweshagh 1324; “crows’ wood”.
  • CREACOMBE - Crawecome DB; Crueucumbe 1238; Creucumbe 1284; “crows’ valley”.
  • CROMER - Crowemere, Crowmere 1297; “crows’ mere or lake”.
  • CROWBOROUGH - Cranbergh 1292; Crowbergh 1390; “crow hill”, might also be “crow grove”.
  • CROWCOMBE - Crauuancumb 904; Crawancumb 938; Crawecumbe DB; “crow valley”.
  • CROWELL - Clawelle DB; Crauwelle 1231; “crow’s spring or stream”.
  • CROWHURST - Craueherst 1189; Crawe- Crowehurst 1303, 1315. “crow wood”.
  • CROWMARSH - Craumareis 1085; Cravmares DB; Croumerse 1195; Craumershe 1316; Cromershe 1316. “marsh frequented by crows”.
  • CROYDON - Craudon 1243; Croudon 1331; “hill frequented by crows”.
  • Northrup [sic] - northern village, also maybe?crossroads?, see below
  • Oakmere [sic] - oak lake in Ekwall
  • Oakworth [sic] - oak homestead
  • Oaklea - oak wood
  • Aconbury - old fort inhabited by squirrels - somebody PLEASE take this name!!!!
  • Villa Frumentaria - see Barton, above. What an awesome place name!!!
  • Winghat - wind gate or pass where wind blows through.

Other ideas[edit | edit source]

Giant[edit | edit source]

Oak[edit | edit source]

Borders, Land[edit | edit source]

Lake[edit | edit source]

Prairie aka meadow:[edit | edit source]

Windmill[edit | edit source]

  • (a1235) Chart.Luffield in North.RS 26 ()128,134 : Winmulnehul…Windmulnehul.
  • (c1262) Cart.Newnham in Bdf.HRS 43 ()179 : Wynmulnefeld. (Middle English Dictionary)
  • (1339) Cart.St.John in OHS 6985 : Netherwynmulle.

Combination[edit | edit source]

  • Documentation for the combination of the names
  • Needed if lingual mix, temporal incompatibility, double-given name, etc.

Conflicts[edit | edit source]

  • House of Northmark
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