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• Wei. cefn, grwn, truni, crimp, back, ridge ; Gael, druim, mul- 

 laoh, back, ridge. Corn, and Bret. cein. 



Lat. dorsum, tectum, spina dorsi ; back, spine of back. 



It. dosso, cima, sommita. Sp. dorso, sierra. Port, espinhaqo, 

 lombo ; espigdo, cume, serrania. 



Pr. dos, epine dorsale ecliine ; chaine de montagnes, faite. 



'^Rig, a ridge or elevated part in a ploughed field, upon 

 ■wbich the sheaves of corn are arranged after being cut and bound 

 up in harvest." Halliwell. 



^^Rig, a ridge, an eminence, Sax. hricg; Isl. hriggr; Suio-Goth. 

 rygg, dorsum. Eigge of land or londe occurs in Prompt. Pary. 

 Old English rigge, rygge.^^ 



" Rig, rock, rug, rigging &c., are the past participle of the 

 A.-S. verb ivrggati, tegere, to cover, to cloak." H. Tooke. 



" W^rihan, wrigan, wreohan, to cover." Bosworth. 



Land is commonly ploughed in rig and/wr, or ridge and fur- 

 row. The rigging tree of a house is what covers it in at top in 

 form of a ridge. 



Examples : — 



Bell Beaver Eig — ?from A.-S. laher, lefor, beafor, the beaver. 

 Belle, a bell. (Modern. Bell). 



Black Eiggs — from their colour. 



Buck Eiggs — ridges of the stag or buck. 



Caple Eig — ? Horse ridge. Capel, in Chaucer and others, is 

 horse. "Wei. ceffyl; Manx cahlyl, ahorse; Lat. caballus. 



Crawlaw Eig — ridge of the crow's hill. 



Crowsike Eig — of the sike or drain of the crow. 



Currack Eig — of the currack or craig, or crag. Everrig Eig ? 



Haslegarth Eig — of the hazle enclosure or field. 



Hedi'ick Eig — of the heath. A.-S. hceth, heath, and rig, ridge. 

 Tautology. Eidge of the heath ridge ! 



Hethrig — the heath ridge. 



Hindriggs — of the hind, female deer, h^.-'^.hind, hynd. A.-S. 

 hynd also means raspberry, hynd-lerie. 



Howgill Eigg — of the gill of the hill. 



Long Eiggs. Moor Eiggs — on the moor. 



Pry Eig. — "Pry is pretty common in Weardale, and means a 



