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Could it be a place where the oxen wallow? The similar Scots word Wammle can mean both "1. Of the stomach or its contents: to roll, to stir uneasily, rumble queasily …” and 2. "Of persons and animals: to roll about, to wriggle, writhe, slither, wallow …” Stephen > On 13 Sep 2020, at 09:38, Keith Briggs <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > A twelfth-century description of land in Assington (Sf) has quoddam wambling in parco de Asintone quod est terra duorum boum(Kalendar of Abbot Samson, ed. Davis p.68). > > So there's a connection to two cows, but what exactly was it? > > Keith > > > > To unsubscribe from the EPNL list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=EPNL&A=1 <https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=EPNL&A=1> ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the EPNL list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=EPNL&A=1 This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/EPNL, a mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/