liddel
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
name
Short for Liddel Water, a river in England and Scotland.
Etymology
From the placename shared by Liddel Castle, Liddel Strength, the Liddel Water, and the former barony of Liddel around them, from Middle English Lidelesdale &c., from Old English hlÿde (“loud, River Lid”) + dæl (“dale, valley”), now Liddesdale, the valley of the Liddel Water.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Lidelesdale, hlÿde
Inflected Forms
Liddle (alternative)
Liddell (alternative)
Lidell (alternative)
Liddall (alternative)
Lydall (alternative)
Loydall (alternative)