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Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

to þære smalan ǽc

Field in the Parish of Elberton

Historical Forms

  • to þære smalan ǽc 955–9 BCS

Etymology

to þære smalan ǽc('the small oak', v. smæl, āc, dat.sg. ǣc)