Etymology

Cringleford

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1905). Full definition →

Old Norse kringla ← Old English ford
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromford“ford”
  2. Old Norse · derived fromkringla“circle”
  3. English todayCringleford

Perhaps from Old Norse kringla (“circle”) + Old English ford (“ford”).

Words from the same roots

Old Norsekringla all →

kringle

Old Englishford all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.