English Explanatory Dictionary

Harby

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A village in Clawson, Hose and Harby parish, Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK7431).
  3. A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England, on the Lincolnshire border (OS grid ref SK8770).
  4. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Word forms

Harby Harbys

Etymology

Both placenames derive from Old Norse hjǫrð (“herd of cattle”) + bý (“farmstead”).

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