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The Viking Man

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Vikings used some of these words in their place names:
  • by - a village
  • beck - brook
  • holm - small island
  • thwaite - a clearing in a wood

The History Man

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Saxons used some of these words in their place names:
  • ley - a clearing in a wood
  • wick - a village
  • hurst - a wood
  • ford - a shallow part of a river

 

Look at these place names and decide which language they were created from.

 

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