lEESDAlE tLACE-NAMES. 87 



(the Ger. haUe is a borrowed word), from the Teutonic base hal, 

 to conceal, whence A.-S. Mian, to hide, conceal, cover; jnst as 

 the corresponding Lat. cella is from Lat. celare, to conceal, cover; 

 the original sense being ' cover,' or place of shelter. %^ Quite 

 unconnected with Latin aidaP Skeat. 



"With this Home Tooke's opinion agrees, e.g. hell, hill, hall, 

 hole, &c., are the past participles of A.-S. Mian, tegere, to cover. 



" The house, the room, called the Hall." Eay. 



" ^fl//, a stone. house." Taylor. 



" Sail, the chief house ; the Manor Housa is in many parishes 

 called The HaU." HaUiweU. 



" -5«, haa, haw. 1. The Manor House, Scotl., synonymous 

 with ha' house, the habitation of a landed proprietor ; 2. the 

 principal apartment in a house, same as hall, Engl." Jamieson. 



Aula, hall. In Boldon Bute, 1183, ''Aula was used for 

 the whole building, and not merely for the chief apartment. It 

 was generally applied to the principal mansion in the village, 

 just as it is frequently used at the present day for the house of 

 the squire." , 



Examples : — 



Alwent Hall — see Beck — Alwent Beck. 



Barforth Hall — of the barred ford, or bere-ford. 



Barningham Hall — home of Berning. See Ham. 



Birk Hall — from the birch. A.-S. hirce. 



Bow Hall — ? in form of a bow, or near a bog. 



Earby Hall — ? Ear, or Ir. God of "War. Earsdon, IS'orthum- 

 berland ; perhaps from A.-S. earn, eagle, and hj, abode. 



Egglestone Hall — Eggle&tone, from Egl, name of chief ; or 

 from "Wei. eglivys, church, and stun, stone, or tun, house. 



Eorcett Hall — of the waterfall. 



Erog Hall — of the batrachian, Rana temporaria. 



Gilmonby Hall — formerly Gilmanby, a proper name. Gilman's 

 house, or hall. 



Hagworm Hall — ^hagworm, or blind worm, Anguis fragilis. 



Hutton Hall — ? from hiith, A.-S. prey, booty, spoil, and tun' 



Lartington Hall — ton or tun of the Lartings. 



Laverock Hall — Lark Hall. A.-S. lauerc, a lark. 



