68 TEESDALE PLACE-NAMES. 



" Ford^ a shallow part of a river where a road crosses." Ed- 

 munds. 



^•Ford, 1. a way, via communis, synonymous ^ff lih. gate. Aleman 

 (German) fort. 



^^ Ford is the past participle ot faran, A.-S.to go, and al- 

 ways, without exception, means gone, i.e., a place gone over or 

 through." Home Tooke. 



It means also a common road on which to go forward, forth 

 faran, to go forth. 



''Forthe, a ford. M.S. Egerton, 829, f. 78." Halliwell. ' 



Examples : — 



Gainford — anciently Geinford, Gegenford, Geganford, Gegn- 

 ford. Gegenforda, Geagenforda — the place over against {gegen, 

 Ger., gegn, A.-S.) the ford. "Eord of the Gaini." Edmunds. 



Rutherford — '■'■rader, a rower, oarsmen, sailor; raderford, ih.Q 

 ferryman's passage." Bell. There was perhaps a ferry boat here. 



Garford — ? A.-S. gar, a dart, javelin, spear, lance, weapon ; 

 or Wei. gar, at, by, near, to, the Wei. ffordd. The place at the 

 ford, like Gainford. 



Todford— ? of the fox = Foxford. 



FOETH OE FlETH. 



Icel. '■'• fjorfhr, (Swed. Q.vATiQ.n. fjord ; North En g. and Scot. 

 firth, frith ; Eng. ford, is a kindred word but not identical), a 

 firth or bay ; a Scandinavian word ; a small crescent-shaped in- 

 let or creek is called vik, and is less i^Q.-n.fjdrthr.''^ Cleasby. 



Firth and frith are the same, like gers and grass, brid and 

 bird, cruds and curds, forst and frost, by transposition of letters. 

 The firth or frith of Forth — of Clyde, i.e., the firth or frith of a 

 forth or fiord ! 



" Forth, inde, exinde ; forthgan, prodire." Lye. 



" Forthe, a ford. M.S. Egerton, 829, f. 78." Halliwell. 



Forth is not in Ihre, only/or^, via communis. 



" Forth, an inlet of the sea. Forth, foirth, forthe, a fort. Forth, 

 adv. The Forth, without, out of doors, Aberd," Jamieson's 

 Suppl. 



