Etymology

Athelney

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Today it means: A hamlet in Burrowbridge parish and Stoke St Gregory parish, Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district and Taunton Deane district (OS grid ref ST3428). Full definition →

Old English Æþelinga īeġ
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromÆþelinga īeġ“noble island”
  2. English todayAthelney

From Old English Æþelinga īeġ (“noble island”).

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