Eber, the German form of this root, occurs in
- Eber-stein, the wild boar’s stone;
- Eber-bach, the wild boar’s stream;
- Ebers-berg, the wild boar’s hill;
- Eber-ach, the wild boar’s dwelling by the stream.
The Bear (Bar, Barin in German) no doubt was an inhabitant of the following places:—
- Bar-walde, the bear’s forest;
- Bar-uth, the bear’s region;
- Baren-spring, the bear’s spring;
- Baren-wald-a, the bear’s forest by the stream;
- Baren-horst, the bear’s thicket.
In the following places we find the name of the Badger (Broc, Baw, Baud, Bag, Badge, in Anglo-Saxon, and Dachs in German):—
- Bag-shot,
- Bag-borough,
- Badgen-don,
- Badge-worth,
- Bagin-thorpe,
- Baugh-hurst,
- Baws-ley,
- Baw-burgh,
- Baud-rip,
- Bauds-ly,
- Brock-ley, the badger’s meadow;
- Brox-bourne, the badger’s stream;
- Brox-ton, Broc-ton, the badger’s town;
- Brock-thorp, the badger’s village;
- Brock-holes, the badger’s caves;
- Brock-les-by, the badger’s abode of the spring;
- Brock-dish, the badger’s ditch;
- Broc-den, the badger’s hollow;
- Dach-stein, the badger’s stone;
- Dachs-berg, the badger’s hill.
The Beaver (in German, Biber), occurs in
- Bever-ley, the beaver’s meadow;
- Bever-born, the beaver’s stream;
- Biber-ach, Bibr-a, the beaver’s abode on the stream.
The Dutch form of the root Bever occurs in Bever-en (in the province of East Flanders), and in Bever-n (in the duchy of Brunswick), both signifying the beaver’s river isle.