English Explanatory Dictionary

Hexham

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A market town and civil parish with a town council in Northumberland, England; historically the county town of Hexhamshire (OS grid ref NY9363).
  2. A suburb of the City of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
  3. A town in the Shire of Moyne, western Victoria, Australia.

Pronunciation

/ˈhɛksəm/

Word forms

Hexham

Etymology

From Middle English Hexham, a contraction of Middle English Hestaldesham, Exseldesham, Extoldesham, Hestalasham, Hestoldesham, all variants of Old English Hagustaldeshām (“Hexham”), from Old English Hagustaldes (“Hagustald's”, personal name), from Old English hagosteald (“owner of a fenced-in plot of land, one living in his lord's house, an unmarried man, bachelor, young warrior”) + hām (“home, village, farmstead”). Compare also Hagustaldesēa (“Hexham”, literally “Hagustald's Island”).

Derived words

Hexhamshire
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