Hood Grange
Major Settlement in the Parish of Kilburn
Historical Forms
- Hod(e) 12 BylE 1138 Dugdv.350 1172–80 Dodsvii.149 1218 ClR 1293 QW 1332 Pat 1376 Dugdv.348
Etymology
Cf. Hood Beck 190supra . The origin of this name is uncertain but the element is probably found again in Hotham (YER), to fastan hode 963 (14) RegAlb i. 57, Hode , Hodhum 1086 DB, Hodum 1166 P, Hothum 1285 (16) KI, and in the names of two lost places in YNR, called Bakerhod 1278Malton 243 d (in Huttons Ambo) and Sculphode 13Easby 121 (in Scotton).Actually the word may be OE hōd , 'hood,' used in a topographical sense of either 'the top of a hill' or 'a hood-shaped hill.'
Professor Ekwall would prefer to take OE hōd as a lost word which is to be associated with OE hēdan , 'to protect,' in the same way that we have Germ hüten (vb) and hut (noun). In that case the word in place-names would mean 'shelter.' Dr Schram notes that the corresponding MLG hoede , beside its abstract sense 'protection, custody,' has developed the concrete sense 'place under military protection, fortress,' the kind of meaning that is required here. (Cf. Verwijs en Verdam, s.v. hæde .)