Etymology

Malvern

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Today it means: A town and civil parish with a town council in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England. See also Great Malvern. Full definition →

Middle English Malverne ← Old English Mælfern
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  1. Old English · inherited fromMælfern
  2. Middle English · inherited fromMalverne
  3. English todayMalvern

Inherited from Middle English Malverne, from Old English Mælfern, from an Old Welsh form equivalent to Modern Welsh moelfryn (“bald hill”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.