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" The exact symbolical meaning of the fylfot has not as yet 

 been satisfactorily explained, but that it had a religious significa- 

 tion, having been used by pagan nations, and, though sparingly, 

 by Christians, is beyond a doubt." "Waring's Ceramic Art in 

 Eemote Ages. Lond. J. B. Day. 1874. 



Examples -.- — 



Cross House — modern. 



Bere Cross — cross at which a market for the sale of here, bear, 

 or bigg was held periodically. 



Stone Cross — some were of wood. 



High Cross — on an elevated site. 



Crossthwaite — the clearing or field of the cross. 



"We have or had in ITewcastle the "White Cross, the Kale or 

 Cale Cross, and near Benwell, the High Cross. 



ClTBEICK. 



Wei. craig, rock, careg, ceryg, stone, cam, carnau, carnedd, 

 cairn, heap of stones ; Ir. carraic ; Bret, harreh ; Manx carric ; 

 Com. cam, carrag, a stone, a rock ; Gael, carraigh, carragh, rock 

 or crag. 



" Cam, a rock, rocky place, a high rock, a shelf in the sea, a 

 heap of stones, &c. Wei. cam, Arm., Ir., Gael, and Manx, ihid. 

 In the Erse dialects it means a rock only." Williams. 



A.-S. and So. English carr, a rock, scar, and rig, ridge. GarVy 

 in Bosworth, is defined as rock, scar, north country carroch. 



]!Tot in Ihre or. in Cleasby. 



" Ca/rreg, garreg, Br., a rock, answering to Carrick in Ireland 

 and Scotland, e.g. Carrickfergus." Edmunds. 



'•'■ Carrocli, a heap of stones used as a boundary mark." Hal- 

 liwell. 



" Corroch, currach, or Jcirach, a large heap of stones formerly 

 used as a boundary mark, burial place, or guide for travellers." 

 Brockett. 



These are related to cam, "Wei., a heap of stones, a cairn. 



Clearly a Celtic and A.-S. word ; there is nothing in Littre 

 like it but carrich, a sort of surtout coat. Origin : craig, a rock. 



