The story
From an unrecorded Old English cognate of Old Norse hlíf (“cover, protection”) + īeġ (“island”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A civil parish and separate suburb in Blackburn with Darwen district, Lancashire, England. Full definition →
From an unrecorded Old English cognate of Old Norse hlíf (“cover, protection”) + īeġ (“island”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.