English Explanatory Dictionary

toft

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A hillock.
  2. A homestead, especially one on a hill.
  3. A messuage with right of common.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3656).
  3. A small village and civil parish (served by Plumley with Toft and Bexton Parish Council) in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7576).
  4. A village in Toft with (or cum) Lound and Manthorpe parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0617).
  5. A hamlet in Dunchurch parish, Rugby district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4770).
  6. A hamlet and ferry port (Booth of Toft) on Mainland, Shetland Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HU4376).

Word forms

toft tofts

Etymology

From Old Norse toft, from Proto-Germanic *tumþiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to build”).

Derived words

toft and croft toftman
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