English Explanatory Dictionary

Saxby

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0086).
  2. A village in Freeby parish, Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK8220).
  3. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Word forms

Saxby Saxbys

Etymology

"Village of the Saxons", from the Old English Seaxa (“Saxons”) + Old Norse býr (“farm; settlement”).

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