Timeline for Use of 'went' as a noun
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| Jun 2 at 17:55 | comment | added | Bob Briscoe | This interesting article (not available online) suggests an additional meaning of the noun 'went' not given in the OED. "This article suggests that the word went at first denoted a contiguous group of strips with a shared headland in an open field" The suggested etymology is from the root meaning of 'wenden', to turn, relating to the turning of the plough within the headland. Briggs, K, "Onwent: a curious East Anglian agricultural term" Journal of the English Place-Name Society 54 (2022): 79–90 nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/epns/jepns/54-2022/onwent.aspx | |
| Sep 2, 2020 at 12:19 | vote | accept | Bob Briscoe | ||
| Sep 1, 2020 at 12:56 | history | answered | TaliesinMerlin | CC BY-SA 4.0 |