Evertons ??

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I truly hate to say this - but as a matter of language - everton I believe is from the viking Eofor meaning pig and ton meaning small hill.

So down near me where the language is Saxon, pig hill turns into Swin Don. When I learned this I felt ill. swindon is a crap hole of the highest order. Don't want this associated with our great club!
 
I truly hate to say this - but as a matter of language - everton I believe is from the viking Eofor meaning pig and ton meaning small hill.

So down near me where the language is Saxon, pig hill turns into Swin Don. When I learned this I felt ill. swindon is a crap hole of the highest order. Don't want this associated with our great club!
Ton is a settlement mate.
If you prefer Eofor was also a warrior in the Old English poem Beowulf.
Therefore Everton could be translated as Eofor's settlement.
 
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I truly hate to say this - but as a matter of language - everton I believe is from the viking Eofor meaning pig and ton meaning small hill.

So down near me where the language is Saxon, pig hill turns into Swin Don. When I learned this I felt ill. swindon is a crap hole of the highest order. Don't want this associated with our great club!
Yeah, those origins of nomenclature can lead to some uncomfortable discoveries. Like 'kopite' is from the old Norse 'kjöppïëtr'. There isn't a direct translation, its so arcane but it roughly equates to:

"malodourous cryarse who is wont to climb steep poles and 'polish his horn'"
 

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