Habitative Features Flashcards by Jaz H

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burh (OE)

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‘stronghold’. Dat. byrig gives bury.

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cæster (OE; also ceaster)

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‘town, Roman city’

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cēap (OE; chep, chip)

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‘trade, a market’

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ceorl (OE; charl)

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‘churl’

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cot (OE)

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‘cottage’

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ferja (ON)

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‘ferry’

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galga (OE)

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‘gallows’

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hām (OE)

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‘settlement, homestead’

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ge-hæg (OE; hay)

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‘fence, enclosure’

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here (OE; har, hare)

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‘army’

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mæðel (OE)

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‘speech, assembly, council’

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ge-mōt (OE; mot, mut)

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‘meeting’

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port (OE)

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‘harbour’; also ‘market town’ (from Latin)

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stede (OE)

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‘place’

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stoc (OE)

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‘place, secondary settlement’

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stōw (OE)

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‘place’ sometimes ‘holy place’

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strēt (OE; strete; also strat-)

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‘road; especially Roman’

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toft (ON)

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‘building plot’

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tūn (OE)

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‘farm, village’

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þing (OE/ON)

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‘assembly, council, meeting’

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þorp (OE and often ON)

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‘farm, secondary settlement’

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weg (OE)

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‘way, path, road’

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ge-weorc (OE; werk, wark)

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‘fortification’

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wīc (OE; wick, wich)

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‘dwelling, specialist farm’

worð (OE; also worþig > worthy)

'enclosure'