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to thank. ^' Thakk-ldtr, thankful, grateful; and thahh-lceti, 

 thankfulness, thanks; and <i-^7jfl;Z;^'-?a^r, ungrateful; ti-thakk-lceti, 

 unthankfulness, ingratitude." Cleasby. 



'* II71, in composition, denotes privation or deterioration," 

 Halliwell ; and also the u in Icel. 



"TJndanga, rem aliquam alteri prseripere. 



II. rem vel periculum subterfugere." Ihre. 



Unthank occurs as a place name in Durham, Cumberland, 

 Northumberland, Derbyshire, and other parts. It is also a per- 

 sonal name in Northumberland, Cumberland, and in the Isle of 

 Wight. 



This name may have arisen on account of some signal act of 

 ingratitude or injury having occurred at the place. Edmunds 

 says it is "from tJieng or thong, a strip of leather, indicating land 

 measured out, as in the case of the founding of Carthage ; Ex. 

 Un-thank (Derbysh.), Un's measured lot or land," Traces of 

 Hist, in names of places. Or it may be from the barrenness or 

 unthankfulness of the soil. 



(" Unthank. Un-theng or thong=Un's measured lot." Bell.) 



One is situated near Hungry. 



" Unthank come on liis hand that bond him so." 



Chaucer, Reve's Tale. 

 Examples : — 



Two occur in our Teesdale district, and there is one in Wear- 

 dale. 



Wackeeeield. 



Formerly Walkerfield, and perhaps from Walker's field, from 

 its owner, or from walker, a fuller or dyer of cloth. 



Suio-Goth. " Walka, pressare, volutare, ut solent qui fuUoniam 

 exercent Belg. walcken. It. gualcare. Angl. walker est fullo. A.-S. 

 vealcare. L.B. walcatorium, molafullonia, Ger. walchmuhle. Skin- 

 ner and Eay think that these names come from Lat. calcare.^^ Ihre. 



Waecop Fell. 

 From A.-S. wcer, war, subs., caution, enclosure; orwatr, adj., 

 wary, cautious, ready, and cop, a hill, hilltop; or "from the 



