Etymology

Rotherfield

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ5529). Full definition →

Middle English Ridrefelda ← Old English Hrȳþeranfeld
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  1. Old English · inherited fromHrȳþeranfeld
  2. Middle English · inherited fromRidrefelda
  3. English todayRotherfield

'Open land of the cattle', from Middle English Ridrefelda, from Old English Hrȳþeranfeld, from hrīþer (“cattle”), genitive plural hrȳþera + feld (“field”).

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