Etymology

Gadsby

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Today it means: A surname from Old Norse. Full definition →

Old Norse gaddr
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The story

  1. Old Norse · derived fromgaddr“spur of land”
  2. English todayGadsby

Habitational surname from the village of Gaddesby, in Leicestershire, from Old Norse gaddr (“spur of land”) + býr (“settlement”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.