Lissingley
Early-attested site in the Parish of Buslingthorpe
Historical Forms
- lisingle l12 Kirkst 13
- Lissingle John HarlCh c1220 RAv c1225 Queen's 14 Dugdvi 1235 Kirkst 1302 DCAcct 1304
- Lissinglea c1200 RAv 1316 Ch 1850 Hill
- Lessingele 1209 FF
- Lissingele c1220 RAv 1235 Dugdvi
- Lixhinele c1230 VC
- Lixhingele c1240,c1250 VC
- Lixhinelegh c1240 VC
- Lyssingeleie 1248–53 RAv
- Lissinghele c1250 VC
- Lissingley c1250 VC 1326 Ipm 1610 LNQx 1839 TA 1850 Hill
- Lissenlehe c1250 VC
- Lissinglegh' 1271–2 Ass
- Lyssynleye 1381 Ipm
- Lysinglye 1551–3 ECP
Etymology
'Woodland, woodland clearing associated with a man called Lissa', v. ing 4 , lēah . This name may be compared with Lissington (Wraggoe Wapentake LSR), early forms of which are given in DLPN 81, and with Liston PN Ess 445, a name whose earliest form is [æt ] Lissingtune 1000×1002 (contemp.) S 1486 MS 1. Ekwall DEPN takes Lissington to be 'the TŪN of Lēofsige 's people', but there are no early forms of the -ingetun (e ) type and we are rather concerned with an -ingtūn name.Ekwall DEPN took Liston to belong to the same type as Lissington and remarked that Liston “might contain a hypocoristic form *Lissa or the like from Lēofsige (Līofsige )”, cf. also Forsberg 142. Lissingley is an -inglēah formation, the occasional medial -e - in spellings of the type Lessingele , Lissingele , Lixhin (g )ele (gh ) being a svarabhakti vowel. It is conceivable that *Lissa is a hypocoristic form of OE Lēofsige , but it could also be a nomen agentis belonging to OE lissan 'to subdue' used as an original byname.