Paul Cullen wrote:
> Not formally parallel, but compare Pissyflat 14th Db:727 & 765
> ('presumably used in some derogatory sense' says Cameron).
>There's also Pissingebushe 1590 W:425, Bissing Gutter Field (Pessyng
>Gouter 1503) Ess:lxii, and perhaps Peasey Beck We:1.11-12 & xiii (citing
>useful Scandinavian examples).
Could "Pisswell" and similar be derogatory referring to the well supplying
an inadequately small flow of water?
|