Etymology

Selby

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Today it means: A town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE6132). Full definition →

Old Norse selja
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The story

  1. Old Norse · derived fromselja“willow, sallow”
  2. English todaySelby

From Old Norse selja (“willow, sallow”) + býr (“settlement, farm”).

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