Re: Old English, Anglo-Saxon [Was: What do YOU call the # sign?]
- From: "Mike Lyle" <mike_lyle_uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 14:43:12 -0000
Bob Cunningham wrote:
[...]
But _Merriam-Webster's Unabridged Dictionary_ says it's akin
to Old Norse "thorp, village".
Main Entry:thorp
[...]
Etymology:Middle English thorp, throp, from Old
English; akin to Old High German dorf village, Old
Norse thorp village, Gothic thaurp landed property,
Latin trabs, trabes beam, timber, roof, Greek
teramna house, Latvian tr*ba building
archaic : VILLAGE, HAMLET
And the _Cambridge Dictionary_, 1993 edition, seems to imply
that it came to Old English from Old Norse.
OED says it's uncommon in OE, and generally appears in the form "throp":
the "-or-" form is common enough in placenames, though. OED suggests,
plausibly, that "thorp" as a distinct word may be the result of Norse
influence. The glossary at the back of /Oxford D.of English Placenames/
boldly lists the two separately, attributing "thorp" to Old Scandinavian
and "throp" to Old English, with only a very slight difference of
meaning.
Two points of note. "Throp" appears very early, in a glossary from about
725. And the placename "Althorp" is apparently pronounced [allthrop] --I
noticed this during the national dolefest when Princess Diana was
killed, as it's the name of her family home. The oldest recorded form
seems to be "Olletorp", though.
--
Mike.
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