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==Name== ===Name history=== * Tinghurst, Tynhurst (11-13th cent.) {{sfn|Page|1925|pp=42-45}} * Tyngehurst (14th cent.) {{sfn|Page|1925|pp=42-45}} * Tingerst alias Fyngerst or Fingest (16-18th cent.) {{sfn|Page|1925|pp=42-45}} ===Toponym=== * ''' The wood or wooded hill where the assembly meet ''' {{efn | '''Fingest''' - '' β The wood or wooded hill where the assembly meet β '' {{sfn|Reaney|1969|p=165}} * Old Norse '''Γing''' : '' β assembly β '' * Old English '''hyrst''' : '' β wood or wooded hill β '' }} '''Fingest''' : ('' Ting..hurst, Tyn..hurst '' ) 11-13th cent. {{sfn|Page|1925|pp=42-45}} The name is a hybrid of [[Old Norse]] and [[Old English]]. The first element '' ' ting ' ''or'' ' tyn ' '' is from [[Old Norse]] '''Γing''' - ( '' ' thing' '' ) ( '' β assembly place β '' ). {{efn| Old Norse '''Γing''' : '' β assembly place β '' {{sfn|Reaney|1969|p=165}} {{sfn|Arthur|2002|p=8}} }} {{efn| Old Norse '''Γing''' is pronounced '' β thing β '', see [[Thing (assembly)#British Isles|Thing, British Isles]] }} {{efn| People of [[Celts|Celtic]] origin found the ''' ' Γ ' ''' of the Old Norse language ( pronounced ''' β Th β ''' ) difficult, hence words that began ''' ' Th ' ''' were often shortened to begin with just ''' ' T ' ''', ''' ' H ' ''' or ''' ' F ' ''' ( E.g. Number three - ''' β tree β ''' ) }} {{efn| Examples of place names derived from Old Norse '''Γing''' - ( β '''thing''' β ) : * [[Tingwall, Shetland|Tingwall]], [[Shetland]] * [[Tynwald]], [[Isle of Man]] * [[Thynghowe]], [[Sherwood Forest]], [[Nottinghamshire]] }} The next element '' β hurst β '' is from [[Old English]] '' β hyrst β '' ( '' β wood or wooded hill β '' ). {{sfn|Reaney|1969|p=165}} {{efn| Old English '''hyrst''' : '' β hillock, eminence, height, wood, wooded eminence β '' {{sfn|Clark Hall|1916|p=373}} }}
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