Talk:Winton, Cumbria

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Etymology

The text says "The word Winton is Old English or Anglo-Saxon in origin, Wyntuna meaning a pasture". This is nonsense. Who on earth dreamt this up? There is no such word or anything like it in Bosworth Toller. I agree that it is Anglo-Saxon. The "-tuna" is presumably a farm (town). The "Wyn-" is capable of a variety of interpretations: it could be the site of a battle. If "Wyn-" is really "Winna" it could be an Anglian settlement named as "enemies" or a settlement of enemies of the Anglo-Saxons, but this is unlikely. Alternatives include "toil, labour, trouble, hardship; profit, gain; conflict, strife, war".

The allegation here is a gross exaggeration of David Mills' Dictionary of place names credited in ref.3. But is says "probably" and has "*winn" which means he made it up and he specifies that "-tuna" means farmstead (the only bit which is correct).

Freuchie (talk) 21:51, 18 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]