bright, clear; e.g. Lutri, on Lake Geneva; Luttar, in Brunswick (the bright place); Latterbach and Lauterburn (clear stream); Lauterburg, in Alsace, on the R. Lauter; Lutterworth (the bright farm); Lauterecken, in Bavaria, at the corner, eck, of the R. Lauter.
LUTZEL, LYTEL (Teut.),
LILLE (Scand.),
small; e.g. Lutgenrode (the little clearing); Luxemburg, corrupt. from Lutzelburg (small fortress), Latinised Lucis-Burgum (the city of light), and hence passing into Luxemburg; Lucelle or Lutzel, in Alsace; Lutzelsten (the small rock), in Alsace.
M
MAEN (Welsh),
a stone; e.g. Maentwrog (the tower-like pillar), a parish in Merioneth; Maen or Dewi (St. David’s possession).
MAES, or FAES (Cym.-Cel.),
MOED, or MEAD (A.S.),
MATTE (Ger.),
a meadow or field, cognate with the Gael. magh; e.g. Maescar (the pool in the field); Maisemore (great field), in Brecknock and Gloucestershire; Marden, in Hereford, anc. Maes-y-durdin (the field of the water camp); Basaleg, a parish in Wales. The name has been corrupted Maes-aleg, signifying elect land, from an event famous in Welsh history, which took place there. Maes-teg (the fair field); Maes-yr-onnen (the field of ash-trees); Cemmaes (the plain of the ridge, cefn); Maes-y-Mynach (monk field); Cemmaes, i.e. Cefn-maes (the ridge of the plain), in Wales; Runnymede, Co. Surrey (the meadow of the council), Latinised Pratum-concilii; Andermatt (on the meadow); Zermatt (at the meadow), in Switzerland; Matterhorn (the peak of the meadow); Aeschenmatt (ash-tree meadow); Maes-Garmon (the field of St. Germanus), in Wales; Soultzmatt (the meadow of mineral waters, salz), in Alsace.
MAGEN, MEKEN, or MAIN (Teut.),
great; e.g. the R. Main, anc. Magen-aha (great water); Mainland, anc. Meginland (great island), in the Orkneys; Mainhardt (great wood); Meiningen (the great field)—v. GEN—in Germany.