English Explanatory Dictionary

Blickling

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1728).

Word forms

Blickling

Etymology

Recorded as Blikelinga in the Domesday Book, the village's name derives from the unattested Old English personal name *Blīcla, which is probably related to the verb blīcan (“to shine”), + -ing (“belonging to”).

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