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43. Thorp. A name for a village, but originally signifying an 
assembly of men. (Compare the Latin twrba and the German 
dorf.) We meet with this word in Wiltshire in the com- 
pounds Westrop ( =/West-thorp) and Estrop ( = LEast-thorp). 
Leo (Anglo-Saxon Names of Places, p. 49) says “The an- 
tiquity of the word thorp is supported, not only by the fact 
of its being common to both Latin and German, but in that 
it is found in almost all European dialects :—torf signifies in 
Welsh a crowd, a multitude, a troop ; and tearbh (olim turbh) 
in Gaelic and Erse means a tribe, a family, a farmers’ village. 
Torppa, also in Finnish, signifies a village. The French 
troupe, troupeau, are related, whether such an affinity is 
brought about by the Latin turéa, or by the Celtic torf, or 
trubh.” He adds, “ Whilst Aém suggests the internal and 
mutual relationship of inhabitants of distriets—tiéin, ham, 
burh, their external isolation and stability—thorp conveys the 
idea of their social intereommunion.” 
ears, Wyrth. This is the Anglo-Saxon wurd or weord (=a 
homestead) and forms the termination worth, as in T1D-worTH, 
CuHEL-worTH, and a few other names. It has much the same 
meaning as the Low German worthe, a protected enclosed 
homestead. It is sometimes found as weordig (= Worthy) 
as in Ham-worthy, in Dorset. Thus in the charters Tam- 
worth is spelt sometimes Zamo-worS and at others Zamo- 
wordsig. In the laws of King Ine, § 40, “ Ceorles 
weordsig” is rendered in the old Latin version “ Rustici 
eurtillum”? (= ceorl’s close). Rocquefort defines it “ Jardin 
qui est ordinairement enfermé de murailles, de haies, ou de 
fossés.” See Anc. Laws and Inst., I., 127; and Glossary, 
sub voce Weordig. The word occurs in its simple form as 
the name of a hundred now usually termed HieH-wortu, but 
which is called in the Exon Domesday and Hundred Rolls 
Worps and Wortu. Wilts Domesd., 164. 
44. Thus far then concerning what is usually the second portion 
of Anglo-Saxon names of places. There are a few others, whose 
_ Meaning is well understood ; these will be explained in a supplemen- 

