HOOK. HOOKE. Many localities in England bear the name of "the Hook," an expression which is doubtless topographical, though its precise derivation is not known. It is probably allied to the Teutonic hoe, 7ioh, hoch, &c., all meaning a hill or elevated place. The surname was written in the XrV. cent. Atte Hooke, and this by crasis sometimes became Tooke. It may be mentioned that Hoke, as a personal name, occurs in Saxon times. See Beowulf, 1. 2146, where we find the daughter of Hoke bewailing the death of her sons.

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