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Lat. vadum, a ford ; vado, to wade. It. guado, a ford ; guadare, 

 to wade; vado, I go, 1st pers. sing, of andare, to go, irreg. v., 

 Sp. vado. Port, vdo, ford ; vadear, to ford a river. Tr. gue. 



Gr. ySaSo), ySaSt'Ca), to go, to walk slowly. 



Tr«^7i is in all but the Celtic languages. 



Possibly some composite names ending in wath have had this 

 ending changed to with, e.g. Bubwith. 



Examples : — 



Holmwath — near to Cronkley Scar ; ford of river island. 



Sandwath = Sandyford. 

 ■ WathlJrn? 



"Wath is a place-name in the North Eiding, and there is 

 Wath-upon-Dearne, in the West Eiding. 



"Weather Beds. 



'W"eder-beds=the resting-place of the Band. 'Weder=a band 

 of fighting or other men, or, the favourite lying-down place of 

 the wethers (sheep). Bell. 



The latter explanation seems preferable, I do not find in 

 Bosworth weder, a band, but wetJie, sweet, pleasant, lovely, 

 weder, the weather, and weder or wether, a ram ; in Icel. wether, 

 Ger. wetter, Dan. vceder, weather. 



It may be a pleasant place, or one exposed to the weather, or 

 a place for the wethers. 



"Well. 



Icel. '^vella (A.-S. weallan, Engl, to well), to well over, boil, 

 be at boiling heat, to swarm ; vella, boiling heat, ebullition ; 

 also velta, volvere, to roll, roll over." Cleasby. 



" Walla, cestuare, fervere; A.-S. weallan; Al. uuallan; Belg. 

 wellen; Ger. wallen; Isl. vella; Consentit Lat. lullio; Gall. 

 houiller ; Ang-Saxones fontem a scaturiendo vala appellant; 

 Angli well.''^ Ihre. 



A.-S. wcel, a whirlpool, in Lancashire it is still called a weele, 

 also a well ; walla, wyl, wil, wyll, well, also wylle, wylla, a well, 



