The story
- Old Norse · derived frommalg
- English todayMalham
Recorded as Malgun in the Domesday Book, the placename probably derives from Old Norse malg or maligr (“gravelly soil, sandbank”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Malham
Today it means: A village and civil parish (served by Kirkby Malhamdale Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SD900629). Full definition →
Old Norse malg