English Explanatory Dictionary

Fulbeck

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9450).

Word forms

Fulbeck

Etymology

From Middle English Fulebek, from Old English fūl (“dirty”), definite form fūla + Old Norse bekkr (“stream”). An isolated form Fulebroc attested in 1194 suggests that bekkr may have replaced an original Old English brōc (“brook”) in the second element.

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