The German form, Hase, is found in
- Has-lach, the hare’s lake;
- Has-selt, the hare’s seat;
- Hass-furt, the hare’s ford;
- Hasse-field, the hare’s field and plain.
The Horse occurs under the forms Hors, Hest (Scandinavian) and Ross—e.g.—
- Hors-ley and Ros-ley, the horse’s meadow;
- Horsen-don, the horse’s hill;
- Ross-thwaite, the horse’s path;
- Hors-ham, the horse’s home;
- Hest Fell, the horse’s rock or hill;
- Hes-ket, the horse’s hut;
- Hest-holme, the horse’s island;
- Horse-lease, the horse’s meadow;
- Horse-ford, the horse’s ford;
- Ross-heim, the horse’s home;
- Ross-bach, the horse’s stream;
- Ross-lau, the horse’s meadow;
- Hesten Field, the horse’s ridge.
The Sheep (Scep) occurs in
- Ship-ley, the sheep’s meadow;
- Ship-ton, the sheep’s town;
- Ship-ham, the sheep’s home;
- Ship-wash, the sheep’s ford;
- Ship-lake, the sheep’s stream.
The same root is found in Shap-wick and Shap-moor, Shepper-ton and Shepp-ey; Skip-ton, Skip-sea, and Scop-wick.
The German form is Schaf, which is found in
- Schaf-berg, the sheep’s hill;
- Schaf-hausen, the sheep’s house or dwelling;
- Schaf-en, the sheep’s isle;
- Schaf-stadt, the sheep’s place.
The English Wether (Weder) is found in