Deorby

Old English

Alternative forms

• Dēora bȳ

Etymology

From dēor (“animal”) +‎ bȳ (“dwelling, habitation”).

Proper noun

Dēorbȳ n

1. Derby

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	Dēorbȳ	—
accusative	Dēorbȳ	—
genitive	Dēorbȳes	—
dative	Dēorbȳe	—

Derived terms

• Dēorbȳsċīr

Descendants

• Middle English: Derby, Darby, Derbi
  • English: Derby

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “Dēorbȳ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.