182 leesdale place-names. 



Thiekeld "Wood. 



Perhaps Thirkeld's wood, a personal name, from Thor^ the 

 Scandinavian god, or man, and Iceld^ a spring or well. — Thor's 

 well wood. 



Thoenbtjet. 



A.-S. Thorn, a thorn, and lurli, a hill — thorny hill. 



Thoepe. 



Icel. " thorp (Ulf. thaurp^ayf>6<i once in Nehem. v. 16; A.-S. 

 and Hel. thorp; Old Engl, thorp; 0. H. Gr. and Germ, dorf ; 

 Lat. turba, is taken to be the same word ; this we think was 

 originally applied to the cottages of the poorer peasantry crowded 

 together in a hamlet, instead of each house standing in its own 

 enclosure, like the tiin, beer, or garthr), a hamlet, village. Very 

 frequently as the second compound in Danish local names, as 

 trup or rup, dropping the t; as '3.o&-trup, Kra-rup, &c." Cleasby. 



A.-S. thorp, thorpe, throp, a thorp, a village. 



" Tho(r)pe or thrope, lytylle towne (Tliorpe, litell towne or 

 thoroughfare, &c. K.P.)" Prompt Parv. 



Dan. and Sw. torp ; Ger. dorf ; Fris. therp ; Dut. and Plem. 

 dorp. 



'Wei. pentref, village; (j&el. frith-bhaile, town, village; Manx 

 halley-veg-cheerey. 



Lat. vicus, villa, fundus, pagus ; It. villaggio, bar go; Sp. lugar, 

 aldea ; Port, aldea, lugar ; Fr. village. 



" Thorp, a village." Salliwell. 



" Torp, coUectio, thyrpast, congregari, thyrpa, thyrping, con- 

 junctio. Cambrice torf means a crowd, troop, host, and with 

 this the Lat. turba (a Gr. Tvp^y\, akin to OopvfSos, the noise of a 

 crowd), agrees. All considered, torp properly denotes a place 

 where many persons are together, or in the same vicinity, con- 

 gregated. I. it denotes villam, Al. thorf, dorp, pagus. II. rus, 

 sedes rusticas. III. a solitary habitation, a single rustic hut. 

 IV. At the present day, torp means a small village which does 

 not pay taxes but performs certain works for the proprietor." 

 Ihre. In Copenhagen is Kongens Nytorf, the King's new market. 



