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THORP, OR THROP. 



This also is a test-word, being the Norse form of the German 

 "Dorf," a village. 



WORTH. 



This has the same meaning as "garth," viz., a warded, or 

 protected, place. A weir wards off the water of a river. In 

 Sanscrit " Vri" is to protect. In Zend " Vara" is a place hedged 

 round. 



WELL. 



A spring or fountain. In Anglo-Saxon "WuUian," in Dutch 

 " Wellen," to boil or bubble. 



WICK. 



This is a very ancient word. In Caithness there is a small 

 river called Wick, with a town of the same name at its mouth. 

 There is another small stream called Wick in .the county of 

 Haddington, and it falls into the sea at Innerwick. A third 

 stream with this same name of Wick is in Glenlyon, and is a 

 tributary of the river Lyon. 



It is probable therefore that these streams derive their name 

 from the Gaelic word " Bhiuc," which is pronounced " Vuic," and 

 means a stream. 



It must however be borne in mind that this place-name of 

 Wick is identical in many instances with the Latin word " Vicus," 

 it being in that case derived from the same root as the Latin 

 " Vicinus," the Greek olxos, the Sanscrit " Vegas," and the Gothic 

 " Veiks •" all these meaning an abode, a village. 



In Norse " Wic" means a creek on the sea coast, and there are 

 many places ending in " Wick" on the coast of Essex. 



Some of the places named Wick, or ending in Wick, have been 

 supposed to be connected with the Anglo-Saxon substantive 

 "Vic" which means a marsh, a soft, swampy spot. This Anglo- 

 Saxon " Vic" is connected with the German adjective " Welch," 

 which means soft. 



This brings us to the end of our Preiixes and Suffixes. It 



