Meanings
plural Garswoods
- countableuncountableA village in Seneley Green parish, Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ5599).
- countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.
Origin
- Old Englishgyr“fir tree”
- EnglishGarswood
Perhaps from Old English gyr (“fir tree”) + -s- + wudu (“wood”).
More words from Old English
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