Acomb

English

Etymology

Inherited from Northern Middle English Acom, Akom, from Old English ācum, dative singular of āc (“oak”).

The traditional local pronunciations reflect the regular development of word-initial Old English /ɑː/ to /ja~jɛ/ that occured in most traditional dialects of the North of England (north of the Humber–Lune line);[1] compare yan (“one”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeɪkəm/
  • (traditional locally, archaic) IPA(key): /ˈjɛkəm/ (village in Northumberland), /ˈjakəm/ (suburb of York)
  • Rhymes: -eɪkəm

Proper noun

Acomb

  1. A village and civil parish in south Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY9366). [2]
  2. A western suburb of the City of York, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5751).
    • 2022, Kate Atkinson, Shrines of Gaiety, Doubleday, page 97:
      Freda’s sister’s home was a new semi-detached house in Acomb. It seemed plenty roomy enough to Freda.

References

  1. ^ Orton, Harold (1933), “VI. The History of the Stressed Vowel-sounds in the Northern English Dialects during the Modern Period”, in The Phonology of a South Durham Dialect: Descriptive, Historical, and Comparative, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, & Co., § 359-360, pages 207-208; republished at Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2015, →ISBN, →OCLC.
  2. ^ Parish map (Northumberland)
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