Oddington
Major Settlement in the Parish of Oddington
Historical Forms
- Otintone, Otinton(a), Otintune, Otyntune 862 BCS535 l.13 Glouc 1066–87 DB 1086 Glouc 1139–1189 Ass 1221 Pat 1268 Misc 1340
- Otingtone 1138 Glouc
- Otindon(a), Otyndon(a) 1086 Glouc 1254 Cl 1283 Ch 1291 Tax
- Otendon 1306 Pat
- Othinton 1205 ClR
- Ottinton 1233,1242 Cl 1267 Pat
- Odynton p.1412 GloucHist
- Odyngton, Odington 1535 VE 1545 LP 1553 AOMB
- Oddenton 1609 PR
Etymology
'Farmstead associated with Ot(t)a', v. ing 4 , tūn . OE Ot (t )a is not recorded but is known from such p.ns. as Otanhyrst 811 BCS 339 or Ottanford 909 ib 627 (cf. Totford Sr 211). Ekwall suggests that Otta is a hypocoristic form of dithematic names in Ōht - (Ōhthere , etc.), as is the recorded Ōhta (Redin 77). The spellings in -don may be due to some confusion with Oddington (O 233), which contains the same pers.n. with dūn 'hill'. On the later form in Od - cf. Phonol. § 40 (a ).