Language Notes

Element Meaning

Sources

Possole 1242 Glas. Reg. no. 180 [rubric; Possele in text]
Possele 1242 Glas. Reg. no. 180

OW poues, means ‘rest, repose’…may be from poues with the suffix -el, : Watson 1926, 382-383

Additional Information

It is possible this is cognate with the name Powsail, see Watson 1925, 142 although he does not make the connection with this name.

See also BLITON under *powes, who suggests the final syllable could alternatively represent Old English -hyll. Taylor, on the other hand suggests ? British *pouis + ? British *-el which seems likelier.

Since this a British name of uncertain derivation, a phonological adaption has been used. Yhanks to Simon Taylor for the forms for Possil.

Alternative Forms