English Explanatory Dictionary

Eastoft

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE8016).
  2. A surname from Old English, alternatively spelt Eastaughffe, Eastoff, or Eastaugh.

Word forms

Eastoft

Etymology

From (village) Danish eski (“ash tree”) (from Old Norse aska) + toft (“homestead, hillock”).

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