MOR (Cym.-Cel. and Sclav.),
MUIR (Gadhelic),
MORFA (Welsh), sea-marsh,
the sea, cognate with the Lat. mare, and its derivatives in the Romance languages, and the Teut. meer; e.g. Armorica or Brittany, and Pomerania (the districts on the sea-shore); Morbihan (the little sea), in Brittany; Morlachia or Moro-Vlassi (the Wallachs’ or strangers’ land by the sea)—v. WALSCH; Morlaix (a place on the sea-shore), in Brittany; Glamorgan, Welsh gwlad-morgant (the district of Morgan Mawr, an ancient king of Wales); Morgan, in Cornwall, i.e. by the sea-shore; Maracaybo (the headland by the sea-shore), in South America; Parimaribo (the dwelling near the sea), in South America; Connemara, in Ireland, Irish Conmac-ne-Mara, the descendants of Conmac (by the sea-side).
MOST (Sclav.),
a bridge; e.g. Dolgemost (long bridge); Maust, Most, Mostje (the place at the bridge), in Bohemia; Babimost (the old woman’s bridge, i.e. the fragile bridge), abbreviated to Bomst; Priedemost (the first bridge), in Silesia; Mostar (old bridge), a town in Turkey.
MOT, or MOOT (A.S.),
the place of assembly, where the Anglo-Saxons held their courts of justice; e.g. Mote-hill, at Scone; the Moat Hill, near Hawick; the Mote of Galloway; the Moat of Dull, in Perthshire, and of Hamilton, on Strathclyde; Moot-hill, at Naseby; and in the Lake District, Montay and Caermote; Moothill also appears in Aberdeenshire; Almoot, near Peterhead, meaning the meeting-place on the height, has been corrupted into Old Maud, and the railway company have called their station New Maud. It is found in the Gaelic name for the Island of Bute, Baile-mhoide (the dwelling of the courts of justice), but in this case, as in Ireland, the word was probably borrowed from the Saxons. The word is found in Ireland, signifying a large mound, as well as in connection with the courts of justice—as in Tom-an-mhoid (the hill of the court of justice); La Motte, Fr. (a hillock), common in France.
MÜHLE (Ger.),
MYLEN (A.S.),
MUILENN (Gadhelic),
MELIN (Cym.-Cel.),
MLYN (Sclav.),
MOLEN (Dutch),
a mill, cognate with the Lat. mola, and its derivatives in the Romance languages; e.g. Mülenbach and Molinbech (mill brook); Mühlan, Mühldorf, Mühlhausen, Muhlheim (mill dwelling); Moleneynde (mill corner), in Germany and Holland. In England and Scotland: Melbourne, Milton, Millwick, Milford, Milden, Milnathorpe (the stream, town, ford, hollow, farm, of the mill); but Milton, in Kent and in Dorsetshire, are corrupt. from middle town; Moulin, a parish in Perthshire. In France: Moulins (the mills), so called from the great number of water mills formerly on the R. Allier; Mülhausen or Mulhouse, in Alsace, celebrated for its manufactures; Molina, a manufacturing town in Murcia; also in Spain, Molinos-del-Rey (the king’s mills). In Ireland: Mullinahone (the mill of the cave); Mullinavat (of the stick); Mullintra (of the strand); Mullinakil (of the church). In Sclavonic districts: Mlineh, Mlinki, Mlinsk, Mlinow, etc.
MULLAGH (Gadhelic),
the top or summit, and sometimes applied to hills of a considerable height; e.g. Mullaghmeen (the smooth summit); Mulkeergh (the summit of the sheep, caoirich); Mullan (the little summit), in Ireland; probably the Island of Mull, in the Hebrides.