English Explanatory Dictionary

Thirsk

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE429820).
  2. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Word forms

Thirsk Thirsks

Etymology

From a metathesized form of Old Norse þresk (“fen; lake”), of imitative origin, similar to Swedish träsk (“marsh”).

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