Still esp like Nicarpool, Lincoln, where the Great Gowt meets Sincil Dyke, from OE nicor, 'water-monster' :)pic.twitter.com/hEnrhNZ2hL
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Still esp like Nicarpool, Lincoln, where the Great Gowt meets Sincil Dyke, from OE nicor, 'water-monster' :)pic.twitter.com/hEnrhNZ2hL
Thurspit, Alvingham (1579), on edge of Outmarsh---contains ON þurs, 'giant/ogre' etc, cf. hrímþursar, 'frost giants'pic.twitter.com/TPsPVXnMds
Outside of Lincs, Hescombe (So), Hascombe (SRY), Hessenford (Co) all=OE hægtesse 'witch' :) http://www.bosworthtoller.com/017878 pic.twitter.com/ReGJw5OXee
No trolls in Lindsey either, but some in West Yorkshire: Trowlers Gill/Troller's Gill, 'the troll's arse ravine' :)pic.twitter.com/98QYqzcBsb
See further http://germanic.eu/Heathen-and-mythological-elements-in-English-place-names.htm … for a selection of local names referring to giants, witches and monsters from across England :)
Other potentially interesting Lincs minor names incl Mathum Hill, Halton Holegate, recorded 1521, which may derive from OE māþum, 'treasure'
Local names referring to such monsters not only found in Lincolnshire, ofc--see http://germanic.eu/Heathen-and-mythological-elements-in-English-place-names.htm … for a selection from across England.
@caitlinrgreen This, just north of Littlehampton in Sussex. There were other knuckerholes in Sussex.pic.twitter.com/us0fB6of5E
@Nigels_Myth Fabulous! Thank you :)
From neighbouring Nottinghamshire, a poss 'Sorcerer's Stronghold' on the edge of Sherwood: http://www.caitlingreen.org/2014/11/sorcerers-stronghold-tolkien.html …pic.twitter.com/QAMGl8yjeb
Teversham nr Cambridge, 'estate/homestead of the sorcerer', also intriguing & poss v early: http://www.caitlingreen.org/2014/10/anglo-saxon-socerer.html …pic.twitter.com/Niwq9xnvcq
And the Nicar Pool of Lincoln in its current state
pic.twitter.com/eRGn0ZYLME
You should really photoshop some glowing eyes and a shadow below the surface onto that.... ;)
Oh. It's been faked. There goes my faith in everything.
Apologies! ;)
@m39618462 Absolutely! ;)
@caitlinrgreen Nice work Doc !
@maximpetergriff Thanks! :)
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