The story
- Old English · derived fromwīr“bog myrtle”
- English todayWorrall
From Old English wīr (“bog myrtle”) + healh (“nook, corner of land”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishwīr all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Worrall
Today it means: A village in Bradfield parish, Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3092). Full definition →
Old English wīr