- Dra-cot, Dray-cot, the squirrel’s hut;
- Dray-ton, the squirrel’s town.
Want-ley, Wantis-den, and Want-age, derive their name from Want, Wanat, the mole.
The names of Birds are sometimes to be met with in local nomenclature; among the most important are the following:—
The Eagle, Arl (German) in
- Arls-heim,
- Arl-berg,
- Eagles-cliffe, the eagle’s rock;
- Eagle’s-hay, the eagle’s field;
- Ayles-bury, the eagle’s city;
- Ayle-stone, the eagle’s stone;
- Eagl-ey, the eagle’s river isle.
We find some trace of the Scandinavian name for the eagle (Ari, Arin, Ern, Orn) in
- Arnes-by, the eagle’s town;
- Earn-ley, Ar-ley, the eagle’s meadow;
- Ears-dale, the eagle’s vale;
- Arn-old, the eagle’s wood;
- Arn-heim, the eagle’s home;
- Arns-berg, the eagle’s hill;
- Arns-walde, Arens-walde, the eagle’s wood or forest;
- Arn-stadt, the eagle’s town;
- Arens-burg, the eagle’s city;
- Aren-berg-thal, the eagle’s mountain valley;
- Arr-öe, the eagle’s isle;
- Ar-schot, the eagle’s wood or field;
- Arend-see, the eagle’s lake.
The Daw, in
- Daw-ley,
- Dew-bury,
- Dew-sall.