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Swabey P. — Swabey's. "Waterloo P. 



Moss Moor P. Forth Burn P- 



Gale P. — Gale's P., or where Sweet Gale grows. 

 Bank Moor P. Dent P.— Dent's. 



West P. New P. Eggleshope P. 



Langton Bank P. Knott's P. 



East and "West Loups' P. See Loups. 

 "Wemmergill P. q^.v. High Grain P. 



From Lat. to It., Sp., Port., Fr.. Icel., Scand., Celtic, Ger., 

 and Suio-Goth. 



Pool. 



Icel. pollr^ a pool, pond, or water hole. Dan. ^67, pool, mire, 

 puddle, slough ; Sw. ^67, dam, pool, puddle ; Ger. ffuhl^ teich, 

 sumpf, a pool ; Dut. and Flem. poel, marsh, fen, pool, slough, 

 plash, puddle, abyss ; polder, a drained marsh, a polder. 



A.-S. pol, a pool or lake, Bosw. (lacus, stagnum; also ^o^, 

 a pole, hasta. Lye). 



" Suio-Goth. ^67, stagnum; Kni. pal ; C. B. pwl, poul ; A.-S. 

 pul ; Belg. poel ; Ger. pful; Sax. pool; Angl. id.; Lat, palus. 

 Junius derivat omnia a ttt/Xos. lutum." Ihre. 



Woi.piol, a pool, puddle; Gael, lochan^ loci, a pond, poll, pool; 

 Ir. lud, pol ; Manx poyll; Bret, poull; Corn, pol, pond, pool, &c. 



" Certainly of Celtic origin, being common to all the Celtic 

 tongues. Eoot uncertain." Skeat. 



Lat, palus, stagnum, lacus, a swamp, marsh, morass, bog, pool, 

 perhaps from Saxon root, as pando, palam, pcetes, &c., and meant 

 originally "that which spreads out." 



It. palude, pozzo ; Sp. charco, palude ; IBoxt. paul, pantano ; Fr. 

 mare, etang, pool, pond. 



Almost universal in ancient and modern European languages, 

 and perhaps has an origin more remote than Gr. TrrjXos. 



Examples : — 



Dirty Pool. "Welshpool. Pontypool. Long Pool. 



Hartlepool, Liverpool, Poole in Dorset, The Pool below London 

 Bridge. 



