Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Manzerge 1086 DB

• Manserg 1187–1200 Kendii,115 1349 AD

• Manisherga 12 Lowth(Ke5)

• Manesargh(e) 1200–1270 Cockers

• Manesherg(h) 1260 Kendii,379 1279 Ass14d 1292 ib

• Maneserwe 1279 ib

• Manesherke c.1280 Lowth(Ke12)

• Maneserg 1282 ADiv

• Manesherre 1301 Ass7

• Manesergh 1303 Ipm

• Maneser 1343 AD

• Mannissergh 1206 Kendii,376 1207 FF

• Manneshergh 1279 Ass18

• Malesereghe 1256 Pipe

• Mandeserghe 1256 Ass10

• Mandesargh 1292 ib

• Mandeshergh 1332 SR

• Mansergh(e) 1301 Kendi,13 1332 SR 1349 ADv 1361 Fine 1735 PR(Md)

• Mansargh 1393 FF

• Manshargh 1537 Cockers

• Mansarre 1417 Kendii,194

• Manser 1359 Cl 1451,1461 CockersRent 1546 FF 1547 Views 1585 Kendii,387

Etymology

The first el. is a pers.n. Man , which could be OE  Mann (Redin 8), but, as Ekwall (ScandsCelts 77) suggests, more probably an unrecorded OWScand  Mann , found in one or two Norw p.ns. (cf. NG iv, 185, iv, 48) and corresponding to ODan  Man (DaPN s.n.); it occurs (according to Mr R. Otterbjörk) as an OSwed  byname, and as a byname in Faroese Urð Manns (cf. Chr. Matras in Early English and Norse Studies (London 1963), 149), and doubtless as a pers.n. in Faroese Manssetur . The second el. is ON  erg 'shieling, hill-pasture', a loanword from Ir  airge (Gael  airigh ) found in other We p.ns. (v. Introd., Chr. Matras in NoB (1956), 51 ff, EPN i, 157, and esp. Ekwall, ScandsCelts 74 ff).