Glatting
Early-attested site in the Parish of Sutton
Historical Forms
- Clotinga(m) 1086 DB
- Glottinges t.Steph France
- Gottinḡ 1165 P
- Glottyng(g) 1314 Ipm 1428 FA
Etymology
A patronymic, derived according to Ekwall (PN in -ing 58) from a pers. name Glott showing the root of Ger glotzen , 'to stare,' ON glott , 'sneer,' cf. Glottenham infra 475. This pers. name is apparently found in glottes wylle (W), BCS 477. For the vowel, v. Introd. xxviii.