Etymology

Langdale

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Old English lang ← Old Norse dalr
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The story

  1. Old Norse · derived fromdalr“valley”
  2. Old English · derived fromlang“long”
  3. English todayLangdale

From Old English lang (“long”) + Old Norse dalr (“valley”), "long valley".

Words from the same roots

Old Englishlang all →

longlangleyLangdonLangstonLandonLangfordLongfordLanghamLongworthLongbottomLongfieldlangridgeLongdenLangworthyLongdonLangdownLangthorne

Old Norsedalr all →

dal

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.