Oundle

O1U1N1D2L1E1
/ˈaʊndəl/

proper noun

A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref TL0488).

OriginMiddle English Oundel ← Old English Undolum →
UncommonScrabble 7
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref TL0488).

Origin

  1. Old EnglishUndolum
  2. Middle EnglishOundel
  3. EnglishOundle

Inherited from Middle English Oundel, Undle, from Old English Undolum (recorded as Undolumc), perhaps related to under (“under, among”).

More words from Middle English, Old English

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

noduleloudenedunol
Cite this entry
APA

Oundle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Oundle

MLA

“Oundle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Oundle. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Oundle,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Oundle.

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