Etymology

Skegness

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Today it means: A town and civil parish with a town council in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, on the east coast of England (OS grid ref TF5663). Full definition →

Old Norse Skeggi
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The story

  1. Old Norse · derived fromSkeggi
  2. English todaySkegness

From either (East) Old Norse Skeggi (personal name) or skegg (“beard”) + nes (“headland”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.