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Source: Bosworth/Toller, page b0077, entry 30 View original page image as: [TIFF] [PNG] [View previous entry] [View next entry]

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Befor-leág Beverley, in Yorkshire. v. Beofer-lic.

Source: Bosworth/Toller, page b0084, entry 28 View original page image as: [TIFF] [PNG] [View previous entry] [View next entry]

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Beofer-lic, Beofor-lic, es; m. [beofer, lic ? = lie, leá, leáh, q. v. Ric. A. D. 1184, Beverli : Brom. 1330, Beverlith] BEVERLEY, Yorkshire; Beverlea in agro Eboracensi :-- Hér forþférde se hálga biscop Iohannes, and his líc resteþ [MS. restad] in Beoferlic here, A. D. 721, the holy bishop John died, and his body resteth at Beverley, Chr. 721; Erl. 45, 25; Th. 73, 15, col. 2; Beoforlic, col. 1.

Source: Bosworth/Toller, page b0085, entry 18 View original page image as: [TIFF] [PNG] [View previous entry] [View next entry]

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beorg, beorh, biorg, biorh; gen. beorges; dat. beorge; pl. nom. acc. beorgas; gen. beorga; dat. beorgum; m. I. a hill, mountain; collis, mons :-- On Sýne beorg on Sion's hill, Exon. 20 b; Th. 54, 29; Cri. 876. Óþ ða beorgas ðe man ht Alpis to the mountains which they call the Alps, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 18, 44; 16, 17. Æ-acute;lc múnt and beorh byþ genyðerod omnis mons et collis humiliabitur, Lk. Bos. 3, 5. Æt ðæm, beorge ðe man Athlans nemneþ at the mountain which they call Atlas, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 16, 6. II. a heap, BURROW or barrow, a heap of stones, place of burial; tumulus :-- Worhton mid stánum ánne steápne beorh him ofer congregaverunt super eum acervum magnum lapidum, Jos. 7, 26. Bæd ðæt ge geworhton in blstede beorh ðone heán he commanded [bade] that you should work the lofty barrow on the place of the funeral pile, Beo. Th. 6186; B. 3097 : 5606; B. 2807 : Exon. 50 a; Th. 173, 26; Gú. 1166 : 119 b; Th. 459, 31; Hö. 8. [Laym. berhe : Piers bergh; still used in the dialect of Yorkshire : Plat. barg : O. Sax. berg : O. Frs. berch, birg : Ger. berg : M. H. Ger. berc : O. H. Ger. perac : Goth. bairga-hei a mountainous district : Dan. bjærg, n : Swed. berg, n : O. Nrs. berg, n : derived from beorgan.] DER. ge-beorg, -beorh, heáh-, mund-, s-, sand-, stán-.

Source: Bosworth/Toller, page b0147, entry 26 View original page image as: [TIFF] [PNG] [View previous entry] [View next entry]

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Cealca ceaster; gen. ceastre; f. The chalk city. Camden thinks it is Tadcaster, in Yorkshire; idem, ut opinatur clarus Camdenus, quod hodie Tadcaster in agro Eboracensi, sic olim vocatum a ealce ibidem copiose effossa, Som. Ben. Lye.

Source: Bosworth/Toller, page b0153, entry 34 View original page image as: [TIFF] [PNG] [View previous entry] [View next entry]

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Cetrehta, an; m. Catterick, near Richmond, Yorkshire; Cataracta, oppidi nomen in agro Richrnondensi :-- Tún, ðe he oftust oneardode wel neáh Cetrehtan, gyt to-dæg mon his naman cneódeþ cujus nomine vicus in quo maxime solebat habitare, juxta Cataractam, usque hodie, cognominatur, Bd. 2, 20; S. 522, 24.

Source: Bosworth/Toller, page b0203, entry 4 View original page image as: [TIFF] [PNG] [View previous entry] [View next entry]

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Deorwente, an; f. [deor = Celt. dwr water; went turned, bent; v. wendan] The river DERWENT, in Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Cumberland, and Durham; quatuor fluvirum nomen in agris Eboracensi Derbiensi Cumbriensi et Dunholmensi :-- Be Deorwentan ðære eá by the river Derwent [Yorkshire], Bd. 2, 9; S. 511, 18: 2, 13; S. 517, 16. Of ðam ðe ða fruman aweallaþ Deorwentan streámes from which the beginnings of the river Derwent spring, 4. 29; S. 607, 11.

Source: Bosworth/Toller, page b0209, entry 1 View original page image as: [TIFF] [PNG] [View previous entry] [View next entry]

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Dona-feld; gen. -feldes; dat. -felde, -felda; m. TANFIELD, near Ripon, Yorkshire; Campodnum in agro Eboracensi :-- On Donafelda, dr wæs ðá cyninges botl, hét Eádwine ðr cyricean getimbrian in Campodno, ubi tunc etiam villa rgia erat, Æduni rex fecit baslcam, Bd. 2, 14; S. 518, 17.

Source: Bosworth/Toller, page b0213, entry 1 View original page image as: [TIFF] [PNG] [View previous entry] [View next entry]

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Driffeld; gen. es; dat. a, e; m. [in A. D. 1360 it was written Dyrffeld] Great DRIFFIELD, in the East Riding of Yorkshire; oppdi nomen in agro Eboracensi :-- Hér Aldfriþ Norþan Hymbra cining forþférde, on xix kl' Jan. on Driffelda in this year [A. D. 705] Alfred, king of the Northumbrians, died at Driffield, on the 19th of the kalends of January [December 14th], Chr. 705; Erl. 43, 33.

Source: Bosworth/Toller, page b0222, entry 4 View original page image as: [TIFF] [PNG] [View previous entry] [View next entry]

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Dyra wudu, Dera wudu; gen. dat. wuda; m. [Dere the Deirians, wudu a wood: the wood of the Deirians] Beverley, Yorkshire; oppdi nomen in agro Eboracensi :-- Se sóþfæsta Berhthun eft wæs abbud ðæs mynstres ðæt ys gecýged on Dyra wuda veracissmus Bercthun nunc abbas monastrii quod voctur in Derauuda, id est, in silva Derrum, Bd. 5, 2; S. 614, 29. He wæs bebyriged in Sce' Petres portice on his mynstre ðæt is cweden in Dera wuda sepultus est in portcu sancti Petri, in monastrio suo, quod dictur in silva Derrum, 5, 6; S. 620, 21. Iohannes fór to his mynstre on Dera wuda John went to his monastery at Beverley, Chr. 685; Erl. 41, 35.

Source: Bosworth/Toller, page b0253, entry 13 View original page image as: [TIFF] [PNG] [View previous entry] [View next entry]

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Eofor-wíc-scír, e: f. YORKSHIRE; comttus Eboracensis :-- Fóran ða þegnas ealle on Eoforwícscíre to Eoferwíc all the thanes in Yorkshire went to York, Chr. 1065 ; Th. 332, 7.

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