Stert
Major Settlement in the Parish of Stert
Historical Forms
- Sterte 1086 DB 1199 P 1242 Fees
- Stertes 1197 P
- la Sterte 1258 Ipm
- Stuerte 1196 ClR
- Storte 1283 Ch
- Stoerte 1189 GlastInq 1268 Ass 1329,1334,1388 Pat
- Sturtes 1211 RBE
- Sturte 1268 Ass 1333 Cl
- Steorte juxta Echelhampton 1304 Ass
- Steorte 1314 Cl 1356 Ipm
- Steurte 1311,1390 Pat 1333 Misc
Etymology
v. steort , 'tail, point of land.' The above spellings are attempts to represent a sound [ø], the equivalent of ModFr eu , ModGer ö .This sound is not found in ME except in a dialectal development of OE eo . It is common in MidCornish, as in Breton, where it is variously represented in medieval documents by eo , oe , eu , ue by English scribes. Thus the MidComish form of OCom mor , 'great,' appears as moer , meor , muer , meur , mur .