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Thwaite (placename element)

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names, as well as settlement names. It is most frequent in the North West, where some 80 examples are found in
168:, denoting for instance a hundred in SmÄland province and parishes in SmÄland, VÀrmland and Södermanland. 287:
Pierre Bauduin (ed.), Les fondations scandinaves en Occident et les débuts du duché de Normandie (2005)
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root and meaning "clearing in a wooded area", locally represented as
71: 24: 127:. In total there are 89 placenames in Normandy with 'Tuit' in them. 135: 92: 99:
department alone there are at least five placenames with the same
35:. It is most often found as a suffix. It is a common element of 152: 32: 28: 143: 131: 147: 96: 297:
Svenskt Ortnamnslexikon, 2nd ed., Uppsala 2016, pp. 342f
261:. Vol. 7. Cambridge University Press. p. 261. 219:. Vol. 7. Cambridge University Press. p. 284. 55:, whilst it is common in the western parts of the 322: 164:). In Sweden the word survives in the placename 259:The Place-names of the West Riding of Yorkshire 232:The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names 217:The Place-names of the West Riding of Yorkshire 190:The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names 192:, Cambridge University Press, p. xlviii, 276:. Routledge and Kegan Paul. p. 175. 188:Watts, Victor, ed. (2010), "Glossary", 183: 181: 88:, both meaning "clearing" or "meadow". 323: 271: 230:Watts, Victor, ed. (2010), "Thwaite", 336:Names of places in the United Kingdom 253: 229: 211: 187: 19:is a common element of placenames in 205: 178: 13: 14: 347: 274:The Origin of English Place-Names 331:Place name element etymologies 291: 280: 265: 247: 234:, Cambridge University Press, 223: 1: 171: 91:The element is also found in 7: 304: 10: 352: 146:, the element appears as 70:The name is usually from 311:Thwaite (disambiguation) 138:the element appears as 316:Thuit (disambiguation) 272:Reaney, P. H. (1980). 81:), but sometimes from 21:North West England 255:Smith, A. H. 241:978-0-521-16855-7 213:Smith, A. H. 199:978-0-521-16855-7 43:, at least 30 in 343: 298: 295: 289: 284: 278: 277: 269: 263: 262: 251: 245: 244: 227: 221: 220: 209: 203: 202: 185: 351: 350: 346: 345: 344: 342: 341: 340: 321: 320: 307: 302: 301: 296: 292: 285: 281: 270: 266: 252: 248: 242: 228: 224: 210: 206: 200: 186: 179: 174: 121:Le Thuit-Signol 65:Nottinghamshire 12: 11: 5: 349: 339: 338: 333: 319: 318: 313: 306: 303: 300: 299: 290: 279: 264: 246: 240: 222: 204: 198: 176: 175: 173: 170: 162:Dano-Norwegian 125:Le Thuit-Anger 117:Le Thuit-Simer 77:(also written 51:and 30 in the 47:, about 40 in 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 348: 337: 334: 332: 329: 328: 326: 317: 314: 312: 309: 308: 294: 288: 283: 275: 268: 260: 256: 250: 243: 237: 233: 226: 218: 214: 208: 201: 195: 191: 184: 182: 177: 169: 167: 163: 159: 155: 154: 149: 145: 141: 137: 133: 128: 126: 122: 118: 114: 110: 106: 102: 98: 94: 89: 87: 84: 80: 76: 73: 68: 66: 63:and seven in 62: 58: 54: 50: 46: 42: 38: 34: 30: 26: 22: 18: 293: 282: 273: 267: 258: 249: 231: 225: 216: 207: 189: 165: 157: 151: 129: 113:Thuit-HĂ©bert 104: 100: 90: 85: 78: 74: 69: 53:North Riding 16: 15: 61:East Riding 57:West Riding 45:Westmorland 31:and one in 325:Categories 172:References 95:. In the 83:Old Danish 49:Lancashire 41:Cumberland 72:Old Norse 25:Yorkshire 305:See also 257:(1962). 215:(1962). 136:Shetland 109:Le Thuit 93:Normandy 153:Nynorsk 33:Suffolk 29:Norfolk 17:Thwaite 238:  196:  144:Norway 132:Orkney 101:thveit 75:thveit 23:, and 166:Tveta 158:Tvedt 156:) or 148:Tveit 142:. In 140:Twatt 105:Thuit 86:thwēt 79:ĂŸveit 37:field 236:ISBN 194:ISBN 134:and 97:Eure 130:In 327:: 180:^ 123:; 119:; 115:; 111:; 107:: 67:. 160:( 150:(

Index

North West England
Yorkshire
Norfolk
Suffolk
field
Cumberland
Westmorland
Lancashire
North Riding
West Riding
East Riding
Nottinghamshire
Old Norse
Old Danish
Normandy
Eure
Le Thuit
Thuit-HĂ©bert
Le Thuit-Simer
Le Thuit-Signol
Le Thuit-Anger
Orkney
Shetland
Twatt
Norway
Tveit
Nynorsk
Dano-Norwegian

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