Word origins

• LittleworthA hamlet in Wing parish, Aylesbury Vale district, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP8823).
• LivermereA part of the name of two places in Suffolk, England: Great Livermere or Little Livermere; sometimes used alone referring to either.
• loanlandLand that has been granted temporarily, without any loss of ownership.
• LockeridgeA village in West Overton parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU148678).
• LoinerA native of Leeds, England.
• London BridgeA bridge across the River Thames between the City of London and Southwark. The first bridge was probably built in Roman times.
• Long CrendonA village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district, and bordering Thame in South Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP6908).
• long firmA company of swindlers who obtain goods on pretence of being established in business, and then decamp without payment to do the same elsewhere.
• LosebyA surname.
• LowbridgeA surname from Old English.
• LushingtonDrink.
• LychpitA modern suburb in Old Basing and Lychpit parish, Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6653).
• mad as a hatterCrazy or demented.
• MadresfieldA village and civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO804473).
• maegthIn Anglo-Saxon England, an extended family, a kind of kindred group; clan, tribe, generation, stock, race, people
• magboteCompensation paid by someone who killed their relative.
• MaidfordA parish in West Northamptonshire, England.
• Malvern LinkA suburban area in Malvern parish, Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7847).
• manboteA sum paid to a lord as a pecuniary compensation for killing his vassal, servant, or tenant.
• mangcornA mixture of wheat and rye, or other species of grain, sown together as one crop.
• MaplebeckA village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK710607).
• MarbeckA surname.
• MartleyA village and civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7559).
• mathomA trinket or piece of bric-a-brac; a knick-knack, often used in regifting.
• mead-benchA bench in a mead hall.
• mead hallA large communal building used in early Germanic and Norse societies as a place for feasting, drinking, socializing, and governance, serving also as the residence of a chieftain or king and symbolising the heart of the community or tribe.
• MedbourneA suburban area in Shenley Church End parish, Milton Keynes district, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8236).
• mereingAn administrative or property boundary on a map.
• merwifeA mermaid.
• MickleburghA surname from Old English.
• MicklefieldA village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4433).
• Midge HallA village in South Ribble borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5123).
• Milborne PortA large village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST6718).
• mildheartednessThe quality of being mild (gentle, not easily angered).
• milt-sickHaving a disease of the spleen.
• misfareTo go astray; to transgress, to sin.
• monishTo admonish; to warn.
• Monk FrystonA village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE5029).
• mood-thoughtA thought relating to a specific mood or mindset; one's intent or mind.
• MorborneA village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England.
• MorcottA village and civil parish in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK9200).
• Mother's NightAn Anglo-Saxon midwinter feast recorded by Bede, or a modern version of this festival celebrated by some Heathens.
• mountain-elfAn elf which inhabits alpine regions, usually depicted as a subrace of elf.
• MowsleyA small village and civil parish (without a council) in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP6489).
• Much BirchA village and civil parish in south Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5030).
• Myton-on-SwaleA village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4366).
• NarramoreA surname from Old English.
• nautherNeither.
• NeashamA village and civil parish in Darlington borough, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ3210).
• NethercoteA hamlet in Banbury civil parish, Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP475141).
• NettleshipA surname from Old English.
• NewholmA small village in Newholm-cum-Dunsley parish, Scarborough district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ8610).
• nightgloomDarkness of the night; night gloom.
• NineviteA native or inhabitant of Nineveh.
• noonmeatA midday meal (especially including meat).
• NorgroveA habitational surname from Old English.
• NorthallA hamlet in Edlesborough parish, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP956152).
• NorthmanSynonym of Norse.
• northmostFurthest to the north; most northern.
• north windA wind blowing from the north.
• NorwegiaSynonym of Norway: a country in Northern Europe.
• Notting HillA suburb of London in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2480).
• Nuneham CourtenayA village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU5599).
• NunthorpeAn outer suburb and civil parish in Middlesbrough borough, North Yorkshire, England; the suburb extends into Redcar and Cleveland (OS grid ref NZ5315).
• OakthorpeA village in Oakthorpe and Donisthorpe parish, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK321981).
• OldknowA surname from Old English.
• Old NickThe Devil; Satan.
• onefoldnessThe property of being onefold.
• OniburyA small village and civil parish in south Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO4579).
• orlayFate, destiny.
• OsbaldestonA village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6431).
• OsmotherleyA civil parish (served by Egton with Newland, Mansriggs and Osmotherley Parish Council) north of Ulverston, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district.
• OusdenA village and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL742915).
• OustonA village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2554).
• overhighToo high; excessively high.
• OverleyA hamlet in Alrewas parish, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK1515).
• over-oldToo old.
• oversowTo sow (seed) where something has already been sown.
• OverstrandA coastal village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2440).
• OxboroughA village in Norfolk, England.
• OxenbridgeA surname from Old English.
• OxendaleA habitational surname.
• OxenholmeA village in Kendal parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD5389).
• OxwickA hamlet in Colkirk parish, Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF9125).
• Palm SundayThe sixth Sunday in Lent, the Sunday before Easter.
• PavenhamA village and civil parish in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP9955).
• peace weaverIn early Teutonic culture, a noblewoman viewed as bringing about and maintaining peace between kin groups.
• Perry BarrA suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0691).
• PlaydenA village and civil parish in Rother district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ955226).
• PlumridgeA surname from Old English.
• PollingtonA village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6119).
• PopplestoneA surname transferred from the nickname [in turn from Old English].
• PreslandA surname from Old English.
• purreA bird, the dunlin.
• QuaintonA village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7420).
• QuarndonA village in Amber Valley borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK344410).
• RadwellA hamlet in Felmersham civil parish, Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0057).
• RagdaleA village in Hoby with Rotherby parish, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK662381).
• rain showerA short, mild period of rainfall.
• RansleyA surname from Old English.