TEESDALE PLACE-NAMES. ■ 163 



Ger. sitz, sttihl, ivohmng. Dut. and Fl. %etel, stoel. 



A.-S. scet, a camp ; scetel, setel, setl, gesetl, seat, settle, bench, 

 stool; sceta, a settler, from settan, to cause to sit, to set, place, 

 appoint, plant, settle, populate, &c., or sitian, to sit. 



" Seete, sedes, sedile, sege, of syttnyge, sege, or sete." 

 Prompt Parv. 



Wei. sedd, eisteddfa, a seat; eisteddfod, session, congress; sedda, 

 eistedd, to sit ; cadair, chair, seat ; mainc, bench, seat. Cf . Port. 

 cadeira, a chair, and Gael, cathair, a chair ; suidhe, sitting. Manx 

 stoyl, chair, somy, seat, cushion, cathair. Ir. stole, saide. Corn. 

 se, a seat ; sedhec and sedhva, ib. 



Lat. sedes, sedile. It. sede, sedia. Sp. silla, chair; see, the seat of 

 episcopal power; sitio, seat or site of town, or country seat; 

 asiento, chair, bench. Port, cadeira, assento, banco, morada, seat, 

 site, bench, residence ; se, the cathedral. Fr. chaise, siege, seat ; 

 demeure, residence. 



" Seat, the summit of a mountain." Halliwell. 



The "WeL, Gael., and Manx cadair, cathair, and Port, cadeira, 

 must be from the Gr. KaOiSpa or Lat. cathedra. ■ 



Examples : — 



Citron Seat — "Seaterin' seat; probably 'all in a seater'= 

 nearly worn away, rotten-looking, decaying, crumbling seat." 

 Bell. Its height is 1463 feet. 



Dora's Seat — ? from A.-S. dora, drone, locust. Height 2158feet. 



Ley Seat— height 1750 feet. 



Eaven's Seat — at the height of 1927 feet. 



Seats, near Stainmore. 



Selset — ^highandlow? Pleasant seat. See Selaby and Selset. 



Burnhope Seat, having an elevation of 2452 feet, is the centre 

 of the surrounding district, and commands an extensive view 

 over the head waters of the Tees, Tyne, and Wear, it overlooks 

 Yad Moss, and from it sikes and becks run down to all these 

 three rivers. It is really in Cumberland. 



" Bishop's Seat, in "Weardale, once the hunting lodge of the 

 Prince Bishop of Durham. 



Laverock Seat, now Lark Seat, in "Weardale, perhaps Leo- 

 fric's." Egglestone, . 



