152 TEESDA.LE PLACE-NAMES. 



have been discovered by one conversant with the natives of the 

 district and their dialect, and has been overlooked by southern 

 Ordnance Surveyors. 



Ratback, 



" Ray, a stream; bac=ridge, formed by an escarpment, hence 

 Ray-back = the ridge of the stream." Bell. Or the stream by 

 the ridge ? 



JRai/ is not in Bosworth, but there is roes, a stream, course. 

 From roes comes probably our mill-race, or stream, supplying the 

 mill wheel. Back is Suio-Goth. hak; A.S-. hcec, back or ridge. 



Redgleam. 



Hed, rud, read, A.-S., red, and gleam, A.-S., brightness, splen- 

 dour, glistening. 



" Sunset land." Bell. This must then be an elevated place 

 fronting the west, and receiving the beautiful afterglow of the 

 setting sun. 



Redwing. 



'' Red-Wang. Wang (A.-S.), a strip of land, and red, rud. 

 read (A.-S.), red; red or purple strip of land, probably from its 

 appearance in August when the heather is in full bloom." Bell. 



A leather whyang is a leather shoe-tie in Newcastle. 



"Whang, a thong." Halliwell. 



Rig. Rigg. 



'•'■Rygg, dorsum; Ant. rigg; A.-S. hrecg, hricg, rig; Scot. • 

 rig ; Al. rucci, hracTci ; Ger. rucken ; Belg. rugge ; Isl. hriggur ; 

 Angl. ridge, spina dorsi; Or. paxf-'i.^^ Ihre. 



Icel. hryggr, the back', the spine, metaph. a ridge. 



Dan. ryg, rig ; Sw. rygg ; 0. H. O. hrucM : Mod. Ger. rucken ; 

 Tent, ruck ; Dut. and Fl. rug. 



A.-S. rig, hryg, hrycg, hric, the back of a man or beast, ridge, 

 roof. 



