Etymology

Biggar

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Today it means: A village in Barrow-in-Furness district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD186662). Full definition →

Old Norse bygg ← Old English beow
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromgāra
  2. Old English · inherited frombeow
  3. Old Norse · derived frombygg“barley”
  4. English todayBiggar

Probably from Old Norse bygg (“barley”) + geiri (“gore, triangular plot of land”), or from Old English beow + Old English gāra, same meaning.

Words from the same roots

Old Norsebygg all →

bigBigland

Old Englishgāra all →

goreGarton

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