The story
- Old English · derived fromhīeġ“hay”
- English todayHaydon
From either Old English hīeġ (“hay”) or ġehæġ (“enclosure”) + denu (“valley”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishhīeġ all →
hayHailey
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Haydon
Today it means: A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in north-west Dorset (OS grid ref ST6715). Full definition →
Old English hīeġ