98 TEESDALE PLACE-NAMES. 



" A.-S. liolm, aqua, mare, pelagus, abyssus, item insula, plani- 

 ties aquis circumfusa." Lye. " Holm, place be-sydone a watur 

 (besyde a water). Hulmus." Prompt Parv. 



"Wei. ynys, island, ynysig^ little island ; Gael, eilean, innis, is- 

 land; Ir, inis, as in Enniskillen; Manx ellan, innys, island; Bret. 

 enez or enezen ; Gr. vtjctos ; Lat. insula amnica ; It. isola ; Sp. isla ; 

 Port, illia, ilheo. 



" Pr. lie, Hot; Proven9. isla; in Jjoivn insula ; wbicb comes 

 from in, and the same radical that is in ex-sul, prcB-sul; Curtius, 

 however, regards it as representing in salo, that is in the sea." 

 Littre. See Skeat, article Island, where a much better explana- 

 tion of the word is given. 



Solm is an A.-S. and Scandinavian word, notably IS'orse, and is 

 found also in German, but not in any Latin or Greek tongues, 

 except in Barb. Latin, as hulmus. 



^^ Holme, howm, the level low ground on the banks of a river 

 or stream; hoam, ^No. Scotland." Jamieson. 



"1. The term as used in England denotes a river island. Suio- 

 Goth. holme, insula. Ihre observes that there is this difference 

 between oe and holme, that oe is used to denote a larger island, 

 and holme one that is less, as those in rivers. But, he adds, 

 this distinction is not always observed, as appears from Bornholm, 

 anciently Borgundarholm. 



2. It is also used as denoting a rock surrounded by the sea, 

 which has been detached from other rocks or from the land in 

 its vicinity." Jamieson. 



" Holm, a grassy hill by the water, or an island. IN'orth Yorks. 

 contains four." Edmunds. In our district there are thirteen. 



" Holm, flat land, a small island, a deposit of soil at the con- 

 fluence of two waters." Halliwell. 



^^ Holm, low flat land caused by alluvion — a small island. 

 Dry grounds, surrounded by the course of rivers, and low and 

 level pasture lands near water, are in Cumberland called holms ; 

 the holms on TJllswater and Windermere." Brockett. "Ling- 

 holm and Silverholm in Windermere, and Pumpsholme in TJlls- 

 water." Taylor.' There are also Steepholme and Platholme at 

 the mouth of the Severn. 



