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badby

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bad-by
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP5658).

Etymology

Meaning 'Badda's fortified place', from Old English Baddanbyrġ, from the personal name Badda, genitive singular Baddan + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortress”). The first syllable of the second element was elided over time through natural erosion, which led to it sounding identical to the common Old Norse-rooted locative ending -by.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Baddanbyrġ, -

Questions

What does badby mean?
A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP5658).
Where does badby come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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