English Explanatory Dictionary

Quarmby

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A suburb of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1116).
  2. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Word forms

Quarmby Quarmbys Wharmby

Etymology

From Old Norse kvern (“millstone; quern, handmill”) + býr (“farmstead”).

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