- Frog-hill, Frog-more, the frog’s moor;
- Frox-feld, the frog’s field;
- Frox-ton, the frog’s town;
- Friskn-ey, the frog’s island;
- Tad-ley,
- Tad-low.
The Scandinavian term for the reptile is Padda, which occurs in
- Pad-gate, frog street;
- Paddon-Beck, frog stream;
- Paddy-gill, frog rivulet; &c.
The insect Wigga, Wiega, a beetle, is perhaps found in
- Wig-more, the beetle’s moor;
- Wiggen-holt, the beetle’s wood;
- Wig-sell, the beetle’s seat;
- Wig-ton, Wigs-ton, Wiggin-ton, the beetle’s town;
- Wig-toft, the beetle’s field.
In German, the name of the beetle is Kafer, cognate with the En-Chafer, which occurs in
- Kafer-loh, the beetle’s meadow;
- Kafern-burg, the beetle’s city.
(C) THE NAMES OF TREES, PLANTS, &c.
Trees performed no unimportant part in the division of land among the Teutonic nations; they were used as land marks and boundaries, and county courts were held under them.