Place-Name Evidence for the History of Modern English hut

Author: Hough C.

Source: Neophilologus, Volume 84, Number 4, October 2000 , pp. 629-630(2)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

Citations of hut in the Oxford English Dictionary are substantially ante-dated by occurrences of the word in the place-names Hutfall and The Hutt. The place-name evidence also demonstrates that the sense 'a dwelling of ruder and meaner construction . . . than a house' is earlier than the sense 'a wooden structure for the temporary housing of troops'.

Language: English

Document Type: Regular paper

Affiliations: 1: Department of English Language, University of Glasgow, 12 University Gardens, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK

Publication date: 2000-10-01