Dundraw
Major Settlement in the Parish of Dundraw
Historical Forms
- Drumdrahrigg 1194 HolmC
- Drumdrayf a.1246 HolmC
- Drumdragh 1279 Ass
- Drumdrahe 1285 For
- Drumdra, Drumdraye 1292 Ass
- Drumdrache 1301 GDR
- Dromdraw(e) 1308 Misc 1316 CWvi
- Dundra 1222 Pat 1279 Ass 1294 Pat
- Dundrif a.1230 HolmC
- Dundrayf a.1246 ib
- Dundrag 1230 Pat 1256 FF
- Dundrage 1292 QW
- Dundrah(e) c.1230 HolmC 1279 Ass 1285 For
- Dundragh(e) 1255 CWxxii 1610 Denton
- Dundrath 1279 Ass
- Dumdraw(e) 1233 Pipe 1580 Border
- Dumdraegh 1292 Ass
- Drundraye 1278 Ass
- Drundraw(e) 1285 For 1314 Ipm 1317 Cl
- Dundrawe 1278,1279 Ass
- Dundrau 1279 Ass
- Dondrawe 1296 Pat
- Doundraw 1301 Ass
- Dundraye 1278 Ass 1279 1292 CWv
Etymology
The earliest form, derived from a 12th-century document (as noted by Ekwall in DEPN) and further Drum -, Dum - forms now recorded, make it certain that Ekwall's suggestion is correct that the first element is Welsh drum , Gael druim , 'ridge.' To this was added Scand drag , 'steep slope,' perhaps an adaptation of OE dræg, cf. the forms in -draye . The r was lost by dissimilation and md > nd . The change was assisted by the common occurrence of Dun - as an initial element.