Wednesbury

W4E1D2N1E1S1B3U1R1Y4
/ˈwɛnzbəɹi/

proper noun

A market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9894).

OriginMiddle English Wadnesberie →
UncommonScrabble 19
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9894).

Origin

  1. Middle EnglishWadnesberie
  2. EnglishWednesbury

From Middle English Wadnesberie, from Old English divinity Wōden, genitive case Wōdnes + byriġ, from burg (“fort”), meaning "Woden's stronghold".

More words from Middle English

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

Wednesbury. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wednesbury

MLA

“Wednesbury.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wednesbury. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Wednesbury,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wednesbury.

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