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Etymology · Old Norse

ey

4 English words descend from Old Norse ey, most common first.

barrowA mountain.
EdenfieldA village in Rossendale borough, Lancashire, England, north of Ramsbottom, and south of Rawtenstall (OS grid ref SD7918).
GarnseyA surname from Norman.
Ireland's EyeA small island in the Irish Sea north of Howth, County Dublin, Ireland, long uninhabited but visited by day trippers (Irish grid ref O2841).