Etymology

Saxby

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0086). Full definition →

Old English Seaxa ← Old Norse býr
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The story

  1. Old Norse · derived frombýr“farm; settlement”
  2. Old English · inherited fromSeaxa“Saxons”
  3. English todaySaxby

"Village of the Saxons", from the Old English Seaxa (“Saxons”) + Old Norse býr (“farm; settlement”).

Words from the same roots

Old EnglishSeaxa all →

Saxon

Old Norsebýr all →

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