Meanings
proper noun
- A village in Hoby with Rotherby parish, Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK6716).
Origin
From Old Norse personal name (H)reitharr + býr (“settlement”). The first element was later reshaped as rother (“ox”).
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Rotherby. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rotherby
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“Rotherby.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rotherby. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Rotherby,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rotherby.
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