Etymology

Liddesdale

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Today it means: The valley of Liddel Water, a river in Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, historically in Roxburghshire. Full definition →

Middle English Lidelesdale ← Old English hlÿde
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromhlÿde“loud, River Lid”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromLidelesdale
  3. English todayLiddesdale

From Middle English Lidelesdale (1179) &c., from Old English hlÿde (“loud, River Lid”) + dæl (“dale, valley”).

Words from the same roots

Middle EnglishLidelesdale all →

LiddellliddleLiddel

Old Englishhlÿde all →

LiddellliddleLiddel

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.