TEESDAIE PLACE-NAMES. 49 



" Odin was the Mercury of the Northern Mythology. He was 

 in England, as in Germany, the supreme god, whom the Saxons, 

 Pranks, and Alemans concurred in worshipping. "Wodenesdgeg, 

 "Wednesday, Dies Mercurii, was named after him." Kemble's 

 Saxons in Engl., vol. 1, p. 346. 



He was equally supreme among the Scandinavians. 



" And Woden's Croft did little gain 

 From the stern father of the slain." 



" ISToTE. — A field upon the banks of the Tees is also termed 

 Woden Croft, from the supreme deity of the Edda." Eokeby, 

 Cant, iv., 1. It is however quite possible that the field may 

 have been named after a mortal owner. 



Ckonklet-Scae. 



Cronh, a hill or mount. 



Cronli-heeilloio'' n, hill of St. John's Church, called also Tyn- 

 wald Hill, on which the authorities promulgate all their statute 

 laws in Manx and English. Cregeen's Diet, of Manx Language. 



Cronh, pi. crinh, chrinlc, and struink, a mountain, hill, mound 

 occurs frequently in the Isle of Man. Jenkinson's Guide to Isle 

 of Man. 



In Bret, krmc^h, colline, petite montagne, small hill. Le 

 Gouidec. 



N^ot in Icel., Suio-Goth,, Wei., Gael., or Corn. 



Ley, A.-S., leag, leak, &c., laid down, pasture. 



Scar, A.-S., sciran, to cut off, divide, &c. 



The Scar at the mountain pasture, a name very suitable to 

 the locality. 



In Atkinson's History of Cleveland, vol. i , p. 263, there is 

 mention of a place in Cleveland, near Danby, called Crunkley, 

 which Mr. Atkinson agrees with Young in identifying with 

 Crumbeclive. 



Ceooe. 



Crook, dead — ''Dead Crook=Dead Crock=Dead Ewe. Crock 

 is Yorkshire for old ewe." Bell. 



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