Etymology

Oundle

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Today it means: A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref TL0488). Full definition →

Middle English Oundel ← Old English Undolum
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  1. Old English · inherited fromUndolum
  2. Middle English · inherited fromOundel
  3. English todayOundle

Inherited from Middle English Oundel, Undle, from Old English Undolum (recorded as Undolumc), perhaps related to under (“under, among”).

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