Etymology

Girtford

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Today it means: A hamlet in Sandy parish, Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1649). Full definition →

Old English grēot
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromgrēot“grit, sand, gravel”
  2. English todayGirtford

From Old English grēot (“grit, sand, gravel”) + ford (“ford”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishgrēot all →

gritGirtonGreat BridgeGretna Green

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