Etymology

Wetherby

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Today it means: A market town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4048). Full definition →

Old Norse veðr
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The story

  1. Old Norse · derived fromveðr“wether (sheep)”
  2. English todayWetherby

From Old Norse veðr (“wether (sheep)”) + býr (“farmstead”).

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