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hordley

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hord-ley
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and civil parish in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3830).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Perhaps from Old English hord (“hoard, treasure”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to hoard + -ley (“lea”).

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Usage

Inflected Forms

Hordleys (plural)

Questions

What does hordley mean?
A village and civil parish in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3830).
Where does hordley come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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