1 gen 1659 anni - seave

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A regional word for a rush or rushlight. 1579 <i>candel seaves vjd</i>, Stockeld (YRS161/11). Angus Winchester has commentsed on the plant’s domestic uses and noted references to mowing <i>lez seavethacke </i>in Littondale in 1579, and <i>thatche seaves</i> in Lartington in 1659 (AW138). It is a frequent element in minor place-names: 1443 <i>seueker</i>, Tadcaster (YRS38/164); 1564 <i>the Sevye closes</i>, Ingleby Arncliffe (YRS50/114); 1631 <i>Rushie close or Seavy close</i>, Spofforth (YRS69/118). ‘Half a rood at <i>Seneker</i>’ in an undated thirteenth-century Tockwith deed should probably be <i>Seueker</i> (YRS80/183).

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