140 TEESDALE PLACE-NAMES. 



MOETHAM. 



Can this be from A. -8. morth, death, destruction, morthor, 

 murder, misery, and ham, home ; or from mor, waste land, a 

 moor, heath, and ham ? 



MOETON TtNEMOITTH. 



From A.-S. mor^ moor, and titn^ a house; moorhouse. "The 

 addition to this name is derived from the estate having been for 

 some time the property of the Prior of Tynemouth." Surtees' 

 Hist, of Durham. 



Moss. 



Icel. mosi^ a moss, place overgrown with moss, also the plant 

 moss; Suio-Goth. mosse or mossa, ib. Also moras, palus, locus 

 palustris. 



Dan. mose, marsh, moor, fen ; mos, moss, the plant. 



Sw. mosse, fen, bog, quagmire ; mossa, moss, lichen. 



" A.-S. mor, 1. waste land, a moor, heath ; 2. land waste from 

 water, a fen, bog, pool, pond ; 3. waste land from rocks, hence a 

 hill, mountain; meos, moss, muscus ; merse, a marsh, fen, bog." 

 Bosworth. ^^ Moras, paludes." Lye. 



Al. moraz ; Mid. H. Grer. mies, moos, moss ; Mod. Ger. moor, 

 sumpf, marsch, morast, marsh, bog ; moos, moss ; Dut. and Belg. 

 moeras ; mos, the plant; Dan. mose, ib. 



"Wei. morfa, marsh ; Gael, mointeach, moine, moss, moorland, 

 morass. 



Lat. palus, locus palustris ; in old documents, turharium, peta- 

 rium ; muscus, moss, the plant. 



It. mara%%o, maremme, marsh, bog; musco, moss. 



Sp. pantano, marsh, bog ; musco, musgo, moss. 



'Port, pantano, paul, atoleiro, tremedal; musgo. ib. 



'Fr. marais, iouriier, marecage. Etymologic. " Jfowsse, "Wallon 

 mosai; Nam. mose, mosia; Proven9. mossa; Espagn. musco, musgo ; 

 Port, musgo ; Ital. musco, muschio, du Latin muscus. Le Wallon 

 vient du diminutif muscellus. Eestent le Eran9ais et le Proven- 

 gal qui se rattachent plus directement a I'ancien haut AUemand 



