English Explanatory Dictionary

Willey

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A civil parish in Herefordshire, England.
  2. A village in Barrow parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO672991).
  3. A village and civil parish in Rugby district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP495848).
  4. A city in Carroll County, Iowa, United States.
  5. A habitational surname from Old English.
verb
  1. Alternative form of willy (“cleanse wool etc. with a willow”).

Word forms

Willey Willeys willeying willeyed

Etymology

From Old English welig (“willow”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to willow + -ley (“lea”).

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