Toft

Toft
Toft Toft, n. [OE. toft a knoll; akin to LG. toft a field hedged in, not far from a house, Icel. topt a green knoll, grassy place, place marked out for a house, Dan. toft.] 1. A knoll or hill. [Obs.] ``A tower on a toft.'' --Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster]

2. A grove of trees; also, a plain. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]

3. (O. Eng. Law) A place where a messuage has once stood; the site of a burnt or decayed house. [1913 Webster]


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  • toft — [täft, tôft] n. [ME < Late OE < ON topt, a homestead, ground marked out for building < IE * dom ped , house site < base * dem , to build (> TIMBER) + * ped , FOOT] 1. [Brit. Historical] a) a house site b) a homestead with its… …   English World dictionary

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  • toft — sb., en, er, erne (et jordstykke) …   Dansk ordbog

  • Toft — Recorded as Taft, Tift, Toft and Tuft, this is an English surname, but of pre 7th century Old Scandinavian origins. It is locational from any of the various places called Toft, in the counties of Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk and… …   Surnames reference

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  • Toft, Warwickshire — Toft is a hamlet in the county of Warwickshire, England, just south of Dunchurch village. To the west across Draycote Water (a modern reservoir) lies Thurlaston village. The hamlet is known to have existed in the early 1600s. It sits on a hill… …   Wikipedia

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