Etymology

Battersby

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Today it means: A village in Ingleby Greenhow parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref NZ5907). Full definition →

Old Norse Boðvar
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The story

  1. Old Norse · derived fromBoðvar“a personal name”
  2. English todayBattersby

From Old Norse Boðvar (“a personal name”) + -s- + býr (“settlement”).

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