The story
- Old English · derived fromblōd“blood”
- English todayBlodwell
Apparently from Old English blōd (“blood”) + wielle (“well, source, spring”), first recorded as Blodwelle c.1200; also incorporated into Llanyblodwel.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishblōd all →
blood
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.