Etymology

Corfe Mullen

Today it means: A large suburban village and civil parish with a town council in east Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY9896). Full definition →

Old English corf ← Old French molin
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  1. Old French · derived frommolin
  2. Old English · derived fromcorf“cutting, pass”
  3. English todayCorfe Mullen

From Old English corf (“cutting, pass”) and Old French molin.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.