Etymology

High Easter

Today it means: A village and civil parish in Uttlesford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL6214). Full definition →

Old English hēah
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromoewestre“sheep-fold”
  2. Old English · derived fromhēah“high”
  3. English todayHigh Easter

Recorded as Estre by 11th century, Estra in 1086 (DB), Heyestre in 1254. From Old English hēah (“high”) and Old English oewestre (“sheep-fold”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishhēah all →

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