jan 1, 1681 - swithen

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To singe, scorch or burn, a regional word of Old Norse origin although the references are quite late. 1681 <i>the grasse upon the the hay-ground went back so that many fell to mowing to take what there was, lest all should be swithend away</i>, Northowram (OH2/186). Minor place-names provide much earlier evidence: 1246 <i>Swythengate</i> (PNWR7/254); 1404 ‘one piece of land called <i>Swythenknoll</i>’, Old Lindley (YRS65/90); 1472 ‘an acre of land in <i>Swythenhyll</i>’, Barnsley (YRS120/29). See Swithenbank (GRDict).

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