- is more
commonly a place-name
element in Normandy,
deriving from
Norse bekkr, 'stream' (cf.
German Bach,
English -beck),
which is
found in many placenames...
- The
Robec (Old
Norse raudh, red and
bekkr, stream) is a
small river in Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France. Its
length is 8.9 km. The
river begins near...
- dalr (valley).
Swaledale Birk Dale
Whitsun Dale
Derived from Old
Norse bekkr (stream or river).
Whitsundale Beck
Hoods Bottom Beck
Derived from Old Norse...
- 'The cold stream'; ON 'kaldr', '
bekkr'. The
village and
parish are
named from the 'Cald Beck'..." (ON=Old Norse). " '
bekkr'...is the
usual Lakeland name...
- Denmark. The
Germanic name can mean "brook, stream" (related to Old
Norse bekkr) or be a
variant of Becker,
which is an
occupational surname meaning "baker"...
- topt "site of a house" (modern -toft), -bec (Bricquebec, Houlbec..) from
bekkr "brook", "stream", etc. In 1088
Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy, enfeoffed...
- stream, that runs nearby. The word
derives from the
Scandinavian root,
bekkr. The
abbey was
founded in 1034 by
Saint Herluin,
whose life was written...
-
South Wales and Queensland. The word
originates from the Old
Norse word "
bekkr".[citation needed] This
family name is
related to the
living place at a...
- the
personal name Bjǫrnulfr.
While le beck
reflects the
Scandinavian word
bekkr which means stream. In the
Domesday Book of 1086,
Barnoldby le Beck was...
- (DK) -bec, -becq, -bais, -baix, -bez in
Northern French, via Old
Norse bekkr, Old
Frankish *baki (2) Foulbec, (3) Caudebec, (4) Houlbec, etc., (5) Robecq...
