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Thread #36713 Message #3460338
Posted By: selby
02-Jan-13 - 09:49 AM
Thread Name: Folklore/language: Of snickets and ginnels
Subject: RE: Of snickets and ginnels
FINKLE comes from the Old Norse meaning elbow, bend or even dog-leg. There was also an old Danish word, vincle, which meant a corner, angle or short, winding street. Finkle St inSelby has a bend in it.