lEESDALE PLACE-NAMES. Il9 



Lake. 



" Icel. logr ; A.-S. lagu; cp. Engl, lalcei 0. H. G. lagu; Lat. 

 lams, laug, a bath, pi. laugar, hot Bprings for bathing in." 

 Cleasby. 



" Suio-Groth. hugr, humor, aqua; log, aquam et hgur coUec- 

 tionem aquarum. Lag, humor, aqua. I do not doubt that this 

 word is one of the most ancient in our language. 



" Suethica log, lacus; A.-S. lug, log ; Scot, et Hib., ib. ; C. B. 

 llwch; Gall, lac; Ital. et Hisp. lago ; Angl. lake; Gr. Xvo), lavo." 

 Ihre. 



Dan. ferske so (fresh water sea) ; Sw. insj'd, sj'd, inland sea, sea. 



A.-S. Idc, Idea, luh, lake; Ger. laehe ; Dut. and Fl. meer. 



" Lahe or stondyng watur — Lacus." Prompt Pary. 



Scot, loch ; Ir. loch, lough, limi ; Gael, loch-uisge, linne. 



Wei. llyn, llwch ; Manx logh ; Corn, lacca, lyn, Un, lo ; Bret. 

 lenn, loueh. All meaning lake, deep water. 



Linn, ia the North of England, means a small waterfall with 

 the pool into which the water falls. 



Lat. lacus, lacuna; It. lago, lacuna, laguna. 



Sp. and Port, lago', Port, lagoa ; Sp. laguna; Er. lac, lagune. 



Etymology according to Litti-e : — '■'■-Lac, Berry, lac, pronounced 

 la, au pluriel lacs, pronounced Id ; Proveng. lac ; Anc. Catal. 

 llac ; Sp. et Port, lago, de Xoikkos ou Aokos a Xa/ceti/ dechirer ; 

 ainsi etymologiquement un lac est une dechirure. Lagune. It. 

 I^aguna du Latin lacuna, fosse, mare, petit lac." 



'^ Lakes, pools or puddles of water standing on roads, or on 

 land after rain." Engl. Dial. Soc, Midland Station. 



" Lake, a small stagnant pool. Roxb. Loch is always used in 

 the same district to denote a large body of water. This corres- 

 ponds with the general sense of A.-S. Idc, Idea, as signifying 

 stagnum, a standing pool." Sumner. 



In Scotland lochs are expanses of salt as well as of fresh water. 



" The literal sense is a hollow or depression." Skeat. 



It is so in Italian ; lacuna = concavity, fondo. 



In short, it may be said with truth, that when water collects 



