English Explanatory Dictionary

Acomb

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in south Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY9366).
  2. A western suburb of the City of York, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5751).

Pronunciation

/ˈeɪkəm/ /ˈjɛkəm/ /ˈjakəm/

Word forms

Acomb

Etymology

Inherited from Northern Middle English Acom, Akom, from Old English ācum, dative singular of āc (“oak”). The traditional local pronunciations reflect the regular development of word-initial Old English /ɑː/ to /ja~jɛ/ that occured in most traditional dialects of the North of England (north of the Humber–Lune line); compare yan (“one”).

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