62 TEESDALE PLACE-NAMES. 



Edge is therefore Icel., Scan., Ger., Dut., A.-S., and Gr., not 

 Celtic. 



It is often equivalent to watershed. 



Examples : — 



Backstone Edge — "There are many Stone Edges, lofty escarp- 

 ments with or without down-brash." Bell. Icel. lakki, a bank. 



Soulgill Edge — ridge or edge of the willow gill. 



Ovington Edge — on the bank of the Tees, above Winston. 



Forest Edge — by the edge or side of the forest. 



Edge House — modern. 



In Northumberland are several Edges, as Biddlestone Edge, 

 Sharperton Edge, &c. 



Eef Mount. 

 No clue to meaning, unless efeU^ eft, newt, or efer, boar. 



Eqglestone. See Stone. • 



Faem. 



Fr. ferme, terre, bien de campagne donne a loyer. " Etym. 

 Picard. farme ; ProveuQ. ferma ; bas C. A..Jirma ; de 1' adj. Lat. 

 Jirmus, chose ferme, etablie, convenue." Littre. 



Jj2it. firma, fundus, prcediolum. {Ferme, a rent, firmus. Prompt. 

 Parv.) Itdl. podere ; Sp. tierra arrendada ; Port, herdade, easel, 

 terra arrendada. 



Ger. pacMgut, meierhof pacM. Dut. hoerderij, pachthoeve ; 

 Flem. pacM, pachthoeve. 



Dan. avisgaard, hondegaard. Sw. hondgdrd, hemman. Icel. 

 Imr, loer, lyr, house ; lu-jord, farm, estate. Norw. hoi. 



A.-S. feorme, fearme, food, support, where food is procured, a 

 farm, feorme-hdm, a farm house. 



For the different meanings oifirma ov feorme, see Bold. Buke 

 Gloss. Ixi. 



"Wei. tyddyn, syddyn, fferm ; Gael, haile, gdbhail. 



The word has come to us from the Latin through French. 



