Ekeney-cum-Petsoe
Early-attested site in the Parish of Petsoe
Historical Forms
- Hekenhey 1242 Fees884
- Ekeneia 1246 Gross
- Hekeney 1252 Gross 1262 Ass
- Egeney 1291 Ipm 1411 Pat
- Ekeney 1291 Ipm 1302 Fa 1323 Cl 1346 FA 1397,1413 IpmR 1520 LP
- Okney 1362–98 Linc
- Ekney 1535 VE
- Okeney c.1450 Linc 1526 LS
- Okeney al. Ekeney 1806 Lysons
- Eckney Wood 1826 B
Etymology
Professors Ekwall and Zachrisson agree in suggesting that the first element here is the OE adj. æcen, an alternative and more regular form of acen . The suffix is eg and the whole name probably denotes an island grown over with oaks. The dat. form æcnan ege would have unpalatalised c . The o -forms would then have to be explained as due to an alternative form of the name with the adj. ācen , ME oken , or as due to late and conscious etymologising by those who suspected that the name had something to do with ME oke , 'oak'