Ayside
English
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Etymology
[edit]Unknown. May be from Old Norse á (“river”) and Old English headfod (“headland”) or sætr (“summer pasture”). Also appears to have been influenced by Old English sīde.
Proper noun
[edit]Ayside
- A hamlet in South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England.
References
[edit]- Mills, David (1976) “Directory of Place Names”, in The Place Names of Lancashire, London: Batsford Books, →ISBN
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- English terms with unknown etymologies
- English terms derived from Old Norse
- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
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- en:Villages in Cumbria, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Places in Cumbria, England
- en:Places in England