>>> Some of the oldest Danish place names have Noun-Adj. eg.
>>> Sundbylille/ Sundbymagle
>> Any risk of Latin influence? 'Parva' occurs as the second
>> word in a few English place names composed of two words,
>> and owners' or saints' names usually occur as the second
>> element in two word placenames.
> None of the books I've seen mention that option. I thought
> the Latin influence on English placenames came with the
> Normans?
For the most part those affixes, in Latin or English, don't
appear until the 13th and 14th centuries. Some Latin ones
that have survived:
Compton Abbas: <Cumpton Abatisse> 1293
Toller Fratrum: <Tolre Fratrum> 1340
Toller Porcorum: <Tolre Porcorum> 1340
Whitchurch Canonicorum: do. 1262
Linstead Magna, Parva: <Magna, Parva Linstede> 1254
Brompton Regis: do. 1291
Weston super Mare: do. 1349
There are a few earlier examples; one that comes to hand is
Ashby Magna, <Magna Essebi> 12th c.
Interestingly, Newton Regis first appears with the affix in
English, as <Kyngesneweton> 1285.
There's also a small Latin element that entered English
place-naming through British. <Aust> (<Austan> 794) is
probably from <Augusta> or <Augustinus>, and of course
there's <Lincoln> (<Lindum colonia>).
Brian