thwaite
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of thwaite
from Old Norse thveit paddock
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O. N. þ initially remains in thrist, thra, thraif, tha, thir, thwaite, wan-threvin. þ > t in tytt, tangle.
From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by George Tobias Flom
Thorpe occurs 29 times, with 8, toft 2, beck 4, fell 15, thwaite 6, dale 12, and tarn 2.
From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by George Tobias Flom
In Lincolnshire there are 212 by's, in Leicestershire 66, in Northampton 26; thwaite does not occur at all.
From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by George Tobias Flom
The terminations by, thwaite, and thorpe, are still common in Denmark.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 435 Volume 17, New Series, May 1, 1852 by Robert Chambers
Swarth still lingers on the tongues of the mowers, and thwaite was the form adopted by a once famous family from this mountain fastness.
From Elizabethan England From 'A Description of England,' by William Harrison by William Harrison
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