Etymology

Oxenholme

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Today it means: A village in Kendal parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD5389). Full definition →

Old English oxna ← Old Norse holmr
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The story

  1. Old Norse · derived fromholmr“pasture near a water source”
  2. Old English · inherited fromoxna
  3. English todayOxenholme

From Old English oxna, genitive plural of oxa (“ox”) + Old Norse holmr (“pasture near a water source”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishoxna all →

OxenhamOxboroughOxendale

Old Norseholmr all →

OldhamholmHulmeholmeWolstenholmeHolmyard

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.