The Hart (Heort), in German Hirsch, is found in
- Hart-fold, the hart’s enclosure;
- Hert-ford, Hart-ford, the hart’s ford;
- Hart-ing, the hart’s meadow;
- Harts-bath, the hart’s bathing place;
- Hart-burn, the hart’s stream;
- Harten-stein, the hart’s stone;
- Hirsch-au, the hart’s meadow;
- Hirsch-berg, the hart’s hill;
- Hirsch-horn, the hart’s angle;
- Hirsch-feld, the hart’s field.
The Kid (in Anglo-Saxon Tic, Tych, and in German Ziege), appears in
- Kid-land,
- Kid-sty,
- Kidder-minster,
- Tice-hurst, the kid’s forest;
- Titchen-worth, the kid’s farm;
- Titch-borne, the kid’s stream;
- Tick-ton, the kid’s town;
- Titch-marsh, the kid’s marsh;
- Ticken-ham, the kid’s home;
- Ziegen-hayn, the kid’s wood;
- Ziegen-hals, the kid’s castle;
- Ziegen-ruck, the kid’s ridge.
In Stags-den and Stags-bath we see the name of the Stag; in Dur-ness, Deer-hurst, Dear-ham, Dyr-have, Dar-field, Dere-ham, we find some form of the modern word Deer, with a more general signification. Like its Gothic and German cognates, it denoted any wild animal.
The Goat (Gaet) occurs as an element in the formation of the following names:—
- Goad-land, Gat-acre, the goat’s field;
- Gat-ford, the goat’s ford;
- Gat-combe, the goat’s valley;
- Geis-mar;
- Geisen-hein;
- Geis-ingen;
- Yat-ton, the goat’s town.
The Hare (Hara) is found in
- Hare-stane, the hare’s stone;
- Har-pole, the hare’s pool;
- Har-bottle, the hare’s dwelling;
- Har-combe, the hare’s valley.