Gris (Scandinavian) wild swine, gives name to
- Gris-dale, the wild swine’s vale;
- Mun-gris-dale, the monks’ wild swine’s vale.
We may trace the Wolf in
- Woolver-hampton, the wolf’s home-town;
- Woolvis-ton, the wolf’s town;
- Wool-hope, Wolf’s-hope, the wolf’s shelter;
- Woln-ey, the wolf’s island;
- Woolver-den, the wolf’s hollow;
- Wool-mer, the wolf’s lake;
- Wolf-ham-cote, the wolf’s home hut;
- Wool-pit the wolf’s pit;
- Wools-ton, the wolf’s town;
- Wool-wich, the wolf’s bay;
- Wol-an, the wolf’s meadow;
- Wolf-ach, the wolf’s abode by the stream;
- Wolf-hagen, the wolf’s enclosure;
- Wolf-stein, the wolf’s stone;
- Wolfen-buttel, the wolf’s dwelling.
The Fox gives name to Fox-hole, Fox-hunt, Car-Fox, &c.; but Tod, another name for this animal, occurs in
- Tod-bere, the forest of the fox;
- Tod-hurst;
- Tod-burn, the stream of the fox;
- Tod-mor-den, the marshy hollow of the fox;
- Tod-wick, &c.
The dog, Hound or Hund, is found in
- Hounds-borough, the hound’s city;
- Houns-low, the hound’s hill;
- Hund-holm, the hound’s island;
- Hun-wyl, the hound’s well;
- Hun-ley, Huns-ley, the hound’s town;
- Hun-feld, the hound’s field;
- Huns-rucken, Hunds-ruck, the hound’s ridge;
- Hund-loch, the hound’s hole.
The Squirrel (Dray) is the root of