TEESDALE PLACE-NAMES. 27 



Mossburn — from mossy banks, or from coming out of a peat 

 moss. 



Quarter Burn ? 



Sudburn Beck — Southburn beck, from running south ? 



Boldron — which is pronounced locally Bowron, or Boron, and 

 is probably the same as hrunn or burn. There is a fine spring at 

 the place, as Mr. W. J. WatsOn, of Barnard Castle, informs me ; 

 or Balder-tim, Mr.- Bell's explanation. The former of these ex- 

 planations of this odd word seems preferable to the latter. 



Bush. 



Ger. busch; Dut. and Flem. hosch, tooud; Dan. busk; Sw. buske; 

 Lat. arbustum, sylva, nemus ; Gr. Boo-kciv, to feed, because there 

 the cattle feed, as nemus, from v^fJieLv. Wachter and Junius. 



It. bosco, boscaglia, selva; Sp. bosque, bosquecillo, boscage; Port. 

 selva, Jloresta, bosque, arbusto ; Fr. bois, boscage, arbuste, buisson. 



^^ Buisson, bourguig, boo; Picard. bou, ho; Provenc. bosc ; 

 Espagn bosque ; It. bosco ; Bas. Lat. boscus, boscum, buscus ; Fr. 

 huisson, de I'allemand busch. On n'est pas sur que I'allemand 

 husch ne provienne pas des langues romaines : en ce cas le ter- 

 rain de ce radical serait inconnu." Littre; 



A -S. wudu, holt, loeald, wood. 



^' Buske, frutex; Ger. busch; It. bosco, syha; L. B. bascus unde 

 suhbascus, silvacsedua; Angl. underwood ; In Leg. Patriis. under- 

 wide; Gall, hois, id. et buisson, frutex. Ex Spegelii conjectura 

 huske, et bosco ortum ducunt a Grseco Pootk^lv, pascere." Ihre. 

 Boo-Kr;, fodder, food. 



Example: — 



High HuUer Bush — a mistake of the Ordnance surveyors for 

 "High Hull o' Buss," as it is locally pronounced; the mean 

 hut or hovel by the bush. "Pig-Hull." "Hull te Geese." 

 Bell. "Hull, m., a pig-hull, a house for pigs, probably from 

 A.-S. helan, to cover, conceal." Teesdale Glossary. 



In Durham co. bush is buss, bushes, busses. 



"Wei. perth, bush, llwyn, grove, bush ; Gael, preas, bush - Ir. 

 dos, preas, bush, prisein, bushes ; Manx slceaig, thammag. 



