lEESDALE PLACE-NAMES. 129 



Mr. Egglestone, in his excellent "Weardale Names," tells us 

 that " in Teesdale, west of Newbiggen, there is Flushy Mea, 

 (Fhishie Mere in the Ordnance Survey), Harwood Sow Mea, and 

 not far from Green Hurth Lead Mine, Border Mea. In Garrigill 

 (in Alston. parish) there are the Ashgill Meas. 



These, except the first, are not on my map. 



' ' The Weardale Meas are extensive stretches of land, where 

 springs of water abound, and consequently where rushes, moss, 

 and long grass flourish. In Burnhope there is a place called 

 The Meas, and near Lodge Gill is situated Mea Site ; and in 

 Rookhope there is Eimey Law, and in Stanhope Hall estate Pity- 

 Mea, a farm on the Mea, full of pits or holes." 



There is a " Pity-Me" on the road from Chester-le-Street to 

 Durham, in a colliery district. 



Mell. 



Icel. 7nedal ; " Suio-Goth. medel, mellan, quasi medlom, inter. 



Dan. mellem, inter. The root is mid, medius,.unde midt, me- 

 dium, media, dividere," Ihre ; Sw. mellan, between. 



A.-S. midl, middel, midde, mid, midlest, Bosworth; midd, midde, 

 Lye. 



Ger. mitte, mittel, middle; Zwischen, between. 



Dut. middel; tusschen; Fl. tusschen, between. 



Wei. canol, middle; rhwng, between. 



Gael, am measg, among ; eadar, between. 



Ir. idir, eadar, between, among ; Manx, mean, the middle ; 

 eddyr, between ; Corn, mese, the middle ; ynter, between. 



Bret, entre, etre. 



Lat. inter; medius; It. entro; mezzo; Sp. entre; en medio. 



Port, entre; meio, medio, medio dia, midday, between morn and 

 night. 



Pr. entre ; moyen, du milieu, in compos, mi, as midi, mi-jamhe. 

 Se meler, to intermeddle, melanger, to mix, intermix. Melee, 

 mixture of various things, of men in battle, &c.. 



" The primary term is Suio-Goth. mid, middle, for to meddle, 

 to mell is merely to interpose oneself between other objects. 

 • "Teut. mell-en, conjungi." Jamieson, 



