Thorp

Thorp is a Middle English word for a hamlet or small village.

Etymology

The name can either come from

Old English (Anglo-Saxon) þrop.^[2] There are many place names in England with the suffix "-thorp" or "-thorpe". Those of Old Norse origin are to be found in Northumberland, County Durham, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk. Those of Anglo-Saxon origin are to be found in southern England from Worcestershire to Surrey. Care must be taken to distinguish the two forms. Variations of the Anglo-Saxon suffix are "-throp", "-thrope", "-trop" and "-trip" (e.g. Adlestrop and Southrope).^[2]

terp, German torp or dorf as in Düsseldorf, the 'Village of the river Düssel', and Dutch dorp.^[3]

It also appears in Lorraine place-names as -troff such as Grosbliederstroff (France) in front of Kleinblittersdorf (Germany). It sometimes occurs in Normandy as Torp(s) / Tourp(s) / -tourp or even -tour, for instance : le Torp-Mesnil, le Tourp, Clitourps or Saussetour (Manche, Sauxetorp end 12th century, like Saustrup, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, former Saxtorppe and Saxtorf, former Saxtorpe 1538 idem, and Saxthorpe in Norfolk, England), all from Old Norse^[4] or Old English.

Use

"Thorp" as a word appears in some

Dungeons and Dragons are defined as having between 20-80 inhabitants, while Pathfinder defines them as having 20 or fewer.^[5]

Hamlets are the next most populous, housing 81-400 or 21-60 people in the respective games.

References

ISBN 978-1-4090-3498-8
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^ ^a ^b Reaney, P. H. (1980). The Origin of English Place-Names. Routledge and Kegan Paul. pp. 172–174.

ISBN 978-0-19-957112-3

^ Jean Renaud, Vikings et noms de lieux de Normandie. Dictionnaire des toponymes d'origine scandinave en Normandie, éditions OREP, 2009

^ "Settlements – d20PFSRD". www.d20pfsrd.com.

See also

Look up thorp in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Dorf (disambiguation)

Dorp (disambiguation)

Thorpe (disambiguation)

Thrupp (disambiguation)

Thwaite (placename element), a similarly archaic placename element

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[Taggart2011-1] ISBN 978-1-4090-3498-8
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[Reaney1980-2] Reaney, P. H. (1980). The Origin of English Place-Names. Routledge and Kegan Paul. pp. 172–174.

[3] ISBN 978-0-19-957112-3

[4] Jean Renaud, Vikings et noms de lieux de Normandie. Dictionnaire des toponymes d'origine scandinave en Normandie, éditions OREP, 2009

[5] "Settlements – d20PFSRD". www.d20pfsrd.com.

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