Etymology

Wraxall

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Today it means: A civil parish in Dorset, England. Full definition →

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The story

From a lost Old English word *wrocc (“buzzard”), perhaps used as a personal name, + -s- + healh (“corner, angle, nook”). Compare the doublet Wroxall.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.