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balderstone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.28 in modern English

Syllables
balder-stone
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A placename:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A placename:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Bealdhere, which is composed of the elements beald (“bold, brave”) and here (“army”), + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Balderstones (plural) Balderston (alternative) Bolderston (alternative)

Questions

What does balderstone mean?
A placename:
Where does balderstone come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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