English Explanatory Dictionary

Liddel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A habitational surname.
  2. Short for Liddel Water, a river in England and Scotland.

Word forms

Liddel Liddle Liddell Lidell Liddall Lydall Loydall

Etymology

From the placename shared by Liddel Castle, Liddel Strength, the Liddel Water, and the former barony of Liddel around them, from Middle English Lidelesdale &c., from Old English hlÿde (“loud, River Lid”) + dæl (“dale, valley”), now Liddesdale, the valley of the Liddel Water.

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