Abstract

0 ld English wic and the origin of the hundred C. ]. Balkwill lhe use of the Anglo-Saxon word wic in place­ hundreds with the manor ofSudbourne, apparently names has some significance in early English Sudbourne near Orford, one of whose former history. As a derivative of Latin vicus, it is likely to owners, Earl Scule, is identified as a Danish leader have entered English during a period of direct at Athelstan's court (Whitelock, 1962, p. xiv). He contact between Anglo-Saxon settlers and the native was, that is, involved in the government of eastern population. Few words were so adopted. Its original England fourteen years after its recovery from meaning is not represented in the earliest texts. Danish control by Edward the Elder. The division Archaeological associations demonstrate that its of six hundreds may then have been an original is the first element of compound on the Scandinavian preference for purest context one, based place-names. In the great majority of cases, Wichams, duodecimal reckoning. But the entry is difficult to Wictuns and similar names are related to Roman explain, involving a lease between the East Anglian roads and settlements. The siting of these places alderman, !Ethelwine, and Bishop JEthelwold