Settlement Names
Kirkabister, Nesting - farm of the kirkZoomNames including –bo, -bister, -sta, -ster, -garth, and -gord help locate early farms. Examples include Exnaboe (oxen farm), Fladdabister (flat farm), Girlsta (Gerhildr's farm), Houster (high farm), and Backagord (enclosure by the shore).
Toft/Taft names signify a house site, while tun names (Bigton, Shurton, Newton) refer to a group of farms enclosed by a hill dyke. The Old Norse kví (enclosure for cattle) gives names such as Da Hwais, Queyon and Ocraquoy.
Queyon and Da Hwaes, Otterswick, East YellZoom
