Note 2 — A DICTIONARY OF PLACE-NAMES
Reading edition
A, signifying in possession, seems to be derived from a, Old Norse, I have; aga, I possess. The Old English awe, to own, is still retained in the north of England and in Aberdeenshire.
Reading edition
A, signifying in possession, seems to be derived from a, Old Norse, I have; aga, I possess. The Old English awe, to own, is still retained in the north of England and in Aberdeenshire.