Acomb

English

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Acomb

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

A village and civil parish in south Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY9366). ^[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

^ 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.
^ Parish map (Northumberland)

[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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