Oddingley
Major Settlement in the Parish of Oddingley
Historical Forms
- Oddingalea 816 BCS256 11th BCS428 840 11th
- Odduncalea, Oddunggalea 963 BCS1108 11th
- Oddunclei 11th Heming 1086 DB
- Oddingelega, Oddingeleye c.1086 EveA 1190 SR 1275
- Odungeleie c.1086 EveB 1190
- Odigile 1182 RBB 18th
- Oddingesle 1255 Ass
- Oddinghulle 1275 Ass
- Oddyngley 1327 SR 1535 VE
- Odingley 1540–4 LP
Etymology
'Clearing of the people of Odda,' v. leah . The existence of a compound like this makes it quite certain that Redin's doubts about an OE pers. name Odda are unfounded. It is a natural hypocoristic formation from an OE name in Ord -. The variant forms in ung rather than ing are noteworthy. Similar variation between patronymic derivatives in ing and ung is found in OGer, cf. Förstemann, PN 959.