Etymology

Grimshaw

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Today it means: A hamlet in Eccleshill civil parish, Blackburn with Darwen borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7024). Full definition →

Old Norse Grímr ← Old English sċeaga
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromsċeaga“shaw”
  2. Old Norse · derived fromGrímr
  3. English todayGrimshaw

From Old Norse Grímr and Old English sċeaga (“shaw”), equivalent to Grim + -s- + shaw.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishsċeaga all →

shawShawcross

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.