Etymology

Thirsk

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Today it means: A town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE429820). Full definition →

Old Norse þresk
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The story

  1. Old Norse · derived fromþresk“fen; lake”
  2. English todayThirsk

From a metathesized form of Old Norse þresk (“fen; lake”). Compare Swedish träsk (“marsh”).

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