Editing Glastonbury Tor (section)

==Etymology==
The origin of the name ''Glastonbury'' is unclear, but when the settlement was first recorded in the late 7th and early 8th centuries it was called {{lang|ang|Glestingaburg}}.{{sfn|Gray|1935|pp=46–53}}{{sfn|Robinson|1992|p=67}} Of the latter name, ''Glestinga'' is obscure and may derive from an [[Old English]] word or [[Celtic languages|Celtic]] personal name.{{sfn|Gray|1935|pp=46–53}}{{sfn|Gathercole|2003|}} It may derive from a person or [[kinship group]] named Glast.{{sfn|Gray|1935|pp=46–53}} The second half of the name, {{lang|ang|-burg}}, is [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] in origin and could refer to either a fortified place such as a [[burh]] or, more likely, a monastic enclosure.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

''[[Tor (rock formation)|Tor]]'' is an English word referring to "a bare rock mass surmounted and surrounded by blocks and boulders", deriving from the [[Old English]] {{lang|ang|torr}}.<ref name="Goudie">{{cite book |last1=Goudie |first1=Andrew |title=Encyclopedia of Geomorphology |date=2004 |publisher=Psychology Press |isbn=978-0-415-32738-1 |page=1054 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UHRU_6nUSR4C&q=Tor+rock+word&pg=PA1054 |access-date=21 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref>{{#tag:ref|''Tor'' is often considered to have a [[Celtic language|Celtic]] etymology, but the [[Oxford English Dictionary]] lists no match in [[Cornish language|Cornish]] or [[Breton language|Breton]]; the nearest Celtic word is the [[Welsh language|Welsh]] {{lang|cy|tẁr}}, from the [[Old Welsh]] {{lang|owl|tẁrr}}. The Old English {{lang|ang|torr}} is likely [[cognate]] with the [[Scottish Gaelic]] {{lang|gd|tòrr}}.<ref name="OED"/>|group=note}}<ref name="OED">{{cite web|title=tor, n.|publisher= [[OED Online]]. [[Oxford University Press]]|url=http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/203486|access-date=10 December 2013|url-access=subscription}}</ref> The Welsh name of the Tor was {{lang|cy|Ynys Wydrin}}, or sometimes {{lang|cy|Ynys Gutrin}}, meaning 'Isle of Glass'. At this time{{when|reason=No time mentioned in the text|date=December 2021}} the plain was flooded, the isle becoming a peninsula at low tide.{{sfn|Ekwall|1960|p=198}}{{sfn|Hawkins|1989|p=83}}