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An Anglo-Saxon coin brooch (reverse); Sudbury, Suffolk. The county of Suffolk (Sudfole, Suthfolc, meaning 'southern folk') was formed from the south part of the kingdom of East Anglia which had been settled by the Angles in the latter half of the 5th century.
dickey – donkey; however note that the word 'donkey' appears only to have been in use in English since the late 18th century "apparently of dialect or slang origin" and attributed to Suffolk and Essex. [16] The Oxford English Dictionary quotes 'dicky' as one of the alternative slang terms for an ass..)
Another is "Silly Suffolk", often assumed to be derived from the Old English word sælig in the meaning "blessed", referring to the long history of Christianity in the county. [35] However, use of the term "Silly Suffolk" can actually be dated to no earlier than 1819, and its alleged medieval origins have been shown to be mythical. [36]
In a 2022 study by Joscha Gretzinger et al., the populations of Norfolk and Suffolk were found to be the group with the lowest amount of Iron Age/Roman period British Isles-related ancestry, with only about 11–12.7% of their ancestry being derived from that group, while having one of the highest amounts of Continental North European (45.9 ...
The parallels with the Swedish burials has led some historians, such as Rupert Bruce-Mitford to put forward a Scandinavian origin for the Wuffingas dynasty, [137] although the significant differences, and lack of exact parallels with the workmanship and style of the Sutton Hoo artefacts means the connection is generally regarded as unproven.
Thwaite is a common element of placenames in North West England, and Yorkshire. [1] [2] It is also found elsewhere in England, including two places called Thwaite in Norfolk and one in Suffolk. [3]
The principal substrate of British toponyms is thus Celtic in origin, and more specifically Brittonic ('British'), ancestral to modern Welsh and more distantly related to the Goidelic languages of Ireland and Scotland. The oldest place-names in England appear to be the names of rivers, many of which are interpreted as being Brittonic in origin.
Many words are unique to 19th-century Essex dialect, some examples including bonx meaning "to beat up batter for pudding" and hodmedod or hodmadod meaning "snail". [13] Several nonstandard grammatical features exist, such as irregular plural forms like housen for "houses". [14]