English Explanatory Dictionary

Farcet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England, south of Peterborough (OS grid ref TL2094).

Word forms

Farcet

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Farresheved, from Old English *Fearreshēafod, from fearres (“bull's”) + hēafod (“head”); for the formation, compare Gateshead, Shepshed, and Swineshead.

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