Etymology

Levenshulme

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Today it means: A suburb of Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, south-east of the city centre (OS grid ref SJ8794). Full definition →

Old English Leofwine ← Old Norse holmur
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The story

  1. Old Norse · derived fromholmur“islet”
  2. Old English · derived fromLeofwine
  3. English todayLevenshulme

From Old English Leofwine + Old Norse holmur (“islet”) (cf. Hulme).

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