Chapter XXI: Plant Names and Names of Animals

Dialect plant names 332
Biblical names 333-335
Old English names 336
Miscellaneous names 337-339
Personal names for animals 339-341

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ABBREVIATIONS

Bck. = Bucks.
Bdf. = Bedford.
Bnff. = Banff.
Brks. = Berks.
Chs. = Cheshire.
Cmb. = Cambridge.
Cor. = Cornwall.
Cth. = Carmarthen.
Cum. = Cumberland.
Cy. = country.
Der. = Derby.
Dev. = Devon.
Dnb. = Denbigh.
Dor. = Dorset.
Dur. = Durham.
e.An. = East Anglia.
Ess. = Essex.
Glo. = Gloucester.
Hmp. = Hampshire.
Hnt. = Huntingdon.
Hrf. = Hereford.
Hrt. = Hertford.
I.Ma. = Isle of Man.
Irel. = Ireland.
I.W. = Isle of Wight.
Ken. = Kent.
Lakel. = Lakeland.
Lan. = Lancashire.
Lei. = Leicester.
Lin. = Lincoln.
lit. = literary.
M.E. = Middle English.
Mid. = Middlesex.
Midl. = Midlands.
Nhb. = Northumberland.
Nhp. = Northampton.
Not. = Nottingham.
Nrf. = Norfolk.
O.E. = Old English.
O.N. = Old Norse.
Or.I. = Orkney Isles.
Oxf. = Oxford.
Pem. = Pembroke.
Rut. = Rutland.
Sc. = Scotland.
Sh.I. = Shetland Isles.
Shr. = Shropshire.
Som. = Somerset.
Stf. = Stafford.
Suf. = Suffolk.
Sur. = Surrey.
Sus. = Sussex.
Wal. = Wales.
War. = Warwick.
Wil. = Wiltshire.
Wm. = Westmorland.
Wor. = Worcester.
Yks. = Yorks.

The asterisk * prefixed to a word denotes a theoretical form.