English Explanatory Dictionary

Wyboston

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village in Wyboston, Chawston and Colesden parish, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL158165).

Word forms

Wyboston

Etymology

Recorded as Wiboldestone in the Domesday Book, from the Old English personal name Wīgbeald, which is composed of the elements wīġ (“war, battle”) and beald (“brave, bold”), + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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