Misson
Major Settlement in the Parish of Misson
Historical Forms
- Misna 1086 DB
- Misne 1197 P 1358 FF
- Misena 1179 CR
- Misene 1228,1250 Ebor 1282 FF 1355 BPR
- Missin 1275 RH
- Mysene 1290 Abbr c.1300 MinAcct
- Miseneya 1247 Ebor
- Mysen 1280 Ass 1299 Ipm
- Misen 1291 1323 Ch 1332 SR 1428 FA
- Mysyn 1321 BM
- Misyn 1355 Ipm
- Mysyne 1416 Cl
- Mesyne 1396 Wills
- Messen 1524 LP
Etymology
This, like Tiln supra 32, may be a river-name, of which the first element has affinities (as suggested by Ekwall in DEPN) with Dan mysse or Swedish myssne , 'water-arum,' but no certainty is possible. Final a would in that case be OScand á , 'river,' corresponding to OE ea.