scōm-hylt

scōm-hylt, f.n: a shady wood, thicket, shrubbery. (SHOAM-hult)

gærs-tūn

gærs-tūn, m.n: a grass-enclosure, a meadow. (GARZ-TOON)

hearm-beorg, m.n: a hill of calamity or of affliction. (HAY-arm-BAY-org)

windel-stān, m.n: a tower with a winding staircase. (WIN-del-STAHN)

hell-grund, m.n: the depth of hell. (HELL-grund)

cyric, f.n: a church. (KUR-ich)

wind-gerest, f.n: a windy resting-place (?), a hall open to the winds (?). (WIND-yeh-REST)

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scēawung-stōw, f.n: a place of observation. (SHAY-ah-wung-STOH)

gemōt-stede, m.n: a meeting-place. (yeh-MOAT-sted-eh)

setl-gang, m.n: setting of the heavenly bodies (generally of the sun), marking time (sunset) or place (the west). (SEH-til-GONG)