English Explanatory Dictionary

Threlkeld

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY3125).
  2. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Word forms

Threlkeld Threlkelds

Etymology

The place name is from Old Norse þræll (“serf, slave”) + kelda (“spring, well”).

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