in Cumberland and Westmoreland that the proportions are nearly the same, but on by see below Sec.5. Tveit is far more common in Norway than tved in Denmark.  The form of the word in place-names in England is, furthermore, more Norse than Danish.  In the earliest Scandinavian settlements in England, those of Lincolnshire, for instance, thwaite might be Danish if it occurred, for monophthongation of aei to e did not take place in Danish before about the end of the 9th Century; by about 900 this was complete (see Sec.6).  The Scandinavian settlements in Northwestern England, however, did not take place so early, consequently if these names were Danish and not Norse we should expect to find thwet, or thweet (tweet), in place of thwaite.  It is then to be regarded as Norse and not Danish. Thwaite occurs almost exclusively in Northwestern England—­43 times in Cumberland as against 3 in the rest of England south of Yorkshire. Garth (O.N. garethr, O. Dan. gardh, later gaard), occurs very often in Cumberland. With, ness, holm, land, and how, do not occur very often. How reminds one of the Jutish hoew in Modern Danish dialect.  The rest of these may be either Danish or Norse.  In Yorkshire we find a mixed condition of affairs.  East Riding, as we should expect, has predominantly Danish names. Thorpe, which occurs 63 times in Lincolnshire, is found 48 times in East Riding. Fell, tarn and haugh do not occur. Force is found twice, and thwaite once. Dale, however, occurs 12 times.  West Riding was probably settled by Danes from the East and by Norsemen from the West. Thorpe occurs 29 times, with 8, toft 2, beck 4, fell 15, thwaite 6, dale 12, and tarn 2.  In North Riding thorpe occurs 18 times. Force, fell, and tarn together 12.  The large number of names in dale in North Riding is rather striking (40 in all), as compared with 52 for Westmoreland and Cumberland.  While dale is predominantly Norse, it may perfectly well be Danish, and it is not rare in Denmark.  Furthermore, the greater number of dales in Norway as compared with Denmark is largely accounted for by the nature of the country.  No conclusions can be drawn from names in force in Yorkshire, Cumberland and Westmoreland, as it is of too infrequent occurrence. Fell occurs 22 times in York, as against 57 in Cumberland and Westmoreland (42 in Westmoreland alone), but in York occurs predominantly in West Riding, where everything points to a mixed settlement.  The distribution of tarn is interesting. Tarn is as distinctively Norse as thorpe is Danish.  It occurs 24 times in Cumberland and Westmoreland, 3 in North Riding, and is not found at all south of Westmoreland and York.