teesdale place-names. 197 



Whoelands, Whoeley, and Whohlton. 



Apparently are Quarry -lands, Quarry-lea, and Quarry -town ; 

 the last was in old times Querington, q.e., Quarrying-town. 

 Quarrington Hill, near Coxhoe, Durham. 



"Wick. 



Icel. "vU- (irom. vilcja, Dan.viff), properly a small creek, inlet, 

 bay. II. frequent in local names, Vlk, Vih% Siisa-vih, Reyhjar- 

 vlh, &c. Suio-Groth. loiJc, angulus." Cleasby. 



Dan. vig. Sw. viJc, a covenant. 



A.-S. ivic, wye, a bay, the creek formed by the winding bank 

 of a river, or shore of the sea; a dwelling place, habitation, 

 mansion, village, street, castle. TFtcing, wiceng, a viking, pirate, 

 heathen, 



Ger. hucht ; dorf. Dut. and Fl. inham ; dorp. 



"Wei. angorfa, anchorage ; pentref, village. Gael, luaic, wick 

 of a candle; laille, a village; camas, a bay or creek; hagh, a bay. 

 Manx shuin, a rush ; hite-cainle, candle-wick ; laiy, bay of the 

 sea. 



Lat. sinus, partus, a bay or creek, a port or harbour ; vicus, a 

 village, hamlet. It. hay a, cola ; villaggio, small village ; vico, 

 small street. Sp. hay a; calle, higar. Port, lahia, enseada; aldea, 

 logar. !Fr. haie, anse ; village, hameau. 



" Wich, a bay, small port, or village on the side of a river." 

 Halliwell. 



" Wykes, the corners of the mouth." Best's Farming Book, 

 1641. Surt. Soc, 1857. 



" Wih, wycTi, ivy dee, a crook or corner, as in a river or the sea- 

 shore. Hence the name of numerous places in such situations. 

 The comers of the mouth are called the wichs of the mouth. 

 §uio-Goth, vjih, angulus. Sc. weiJc, week.'''' Brockett, after 

 Jamieson. 



" Wich, wic, a word used in the termination of names of places, 

 signifying a kind of bay, &c. 



"Where wic is the terminating syllable, the place is not only 

 maritime, but there is always in its vicinity ail opening in the 



