Etymology

Swaby

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF387775). Full definition →

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The story

From the Old Norse ethnic byname Sváfi (“Swabian”) + býr (“farm, settlement”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.