Edenbridge

E1D2E1N1B3R1I1D2G2E1
/ˈiːdənbɹɪd͡ʒ/

proper noun

A town and civil parish with a town council in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ4446).

OriginOld English Eadhelms brycg →
UncommonScrabble 15
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ4446).

Origin

  1. Old EnglishEadhelms brycg
  2. EnglishEdenbridge

From Old English Eadhelms brycg (literally “Eadhelm's bridge”). The name of the River Eden which flows through the town is a back-formation of this.

More words from Old English

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

bigendered
Cite this entry
APA

Edenbridge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Edenbridge

MLA

“Edenbridge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Edenbridge. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Edenbridge,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Edenbridge.

Source: Edenbridge on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.