Yedingham
Major Settlement in the Parish of Yedingham
Historical Forms
- Edingham 1170–5,1180–95 YCh390,395 1218 FF 1246 Ass 1333 Ch
- Yedingeham 1246 Ass
- Yedingham 1185–95 YCh391–2 1219 FF 1303 KF
Etymology
'Homestead of Eada and his people,' v. ingaham . OE Ēada has with stress-shifting in the diphthong developed a prosthetic y -, as in Yearsley (PN NRY 193), Yapham infra 182 and Shaps supra 95. For this change cf. Anglia xxxiv, 293 ff.
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