The story
- Old Norse · derived fromsaurr“mud, dirt, sour ground”
- English todaySowerby
From Old Norse saurr (“mud, dirt, sour ground”) + bý (“farmstead”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sowerby
Today it means: A hamlet in Inskip-with-Sowerby parish, Wyre district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4738). Full definition →
Old Norse saurr