Talk:Tyning

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Inquiries of local residents by the present contributor have drawn a blank, and previous websearches (records not retained) have suggested two meanings, one as "the area below a hilltop" and one as "an enclosure" (the conflict between the two, and the absence of authority in each case, lends credence to neither).

Linguistic analysis might help, but despite its form it is not necessarily Germanic, and the present contributor does not have the skills in Anglo-Saxon and British required.

I've moved the above text from the article since it is original research, which is not encyclopedic. See Wikipedia:No original research. Angela. 09:47, July 24, 2005 (UTC)

These look like plausible origins:

1. Twyning.

"Glos. Bituinæum 814 , Tveninge 1086 ( DB ). Originally ‘(place) between the rivers’ from OE betwonan + a (dative am ) , later ‘settlement of those living there’ with the addition of OE -ingas" . (From: A Dictionary of British Place-Names, A.D.Mills, 2003, Oxford UP)

2. Tine.

"(dial) v.t. to shut: to enclose [O.E. tynan, to surround; cf. town]" (From: Chambers 20th Century Dictionary, ed. E.M.Kirkpatrick, 1983)

Linda 3rd Feb 2006