English Explanatory Dictionary

Brisco

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. A hamlet in St Cuthbert Without parish, City of Carlisle district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY4251).

Word forms

Brisco Briscos

Etymology

From Old English birċe (“birch”) + sceaga (“thicket”), Scandinavianised with the Old Norse cognates birkja + skógr.

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