Etymology

Rotherby

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Today it means: A village in Hoby with Rotherby parish, Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK6716). Full definition →

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From Old Norse personal name (H)reitharr + býr (“settlement”). The first element was later reshaped as rother (“ox”).

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