a mountain or heath, akin to the Ger. sliet, a declivity; e.g. Slieve-Anieran (the iron mountain), so called from its mines; Slievesnaght (snowy mountains); Slieve-Bernagh (gapped mountain); Bricklive (speckled mountain); Beglieve (small mountain). In all these places in Ireland the original names have been corrupted: Sleaty (the mountains); Sleeven (the little hill); Slievenamon, i.e. Sliabh-na-mban-fion (the mountain of the fair women or fairies); Slievebloom (Bladh’s mountain); Slieve-beagh (birch-tree hill); Slieve-corragh (rugged hill); Slieveroe (the red hill); Sliabh-cuailgne, now the Cooley Mountains, in Ireland; Sleibhe-Cuillinn (the Coolin or Cuchullin Hills), in Skye; Slamannan (the sliabh or moor of the district formerly called Manan, parts of Stirling and Clackmannanshire).
SLOG (A.S.),
a slough or marshy place; e.g. Slough, Co. Bucks; Sloby, Slawston, Slaugham (the dwelling on the marshy ground).
SLUAGH (Gadhelic),
a multitude, a host; e.g. Ballinasloe (the ford-mouth of the hosts), in Co. Galway; Srahatloe, i.e. Srath-a’-tsluagh (the river holm of the hosts); Knockatloe and Tullintloy (the hill of the hosts), in Ireland.
SNAID, SNOED (Teut.),
a separated piece of land, from the Old Ger. sniden and Modern Ger. schneiden (to cut); e.g. Eckschnaid (the oak snaid); Hinterschnaid (behind the snaid); Snaith, in Yorkshire; Snead, Montgomery; Sneyd, Co. Stafford; Sneaton (the town on the snaid); Snodland and Snodlands (the separated lands); Snodhill (the hill on the snaid).
SOC (A.S.),
SOKE (Scand.),
a place privileged to hold local courts; e.g. Thorpe-le-Soke and Kirby-le-Soken (the village and church-town where the courts were wont to be held); Walsoken and Walton-le-Soken (the place near the wall, or perhaps the well, where the court was held); Sockbridge and Sockburn (the bridge and stream near the court station).
SOTO (Span.),