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lydford

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.28 in modern English

Syllables
lyd-ford
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and civil parish in West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5185).

Etymology

From the River Lyd + ford; Lyd is from Old English hlȳd; recorded as Hlydanforda c.1000, and Lideforda in 1086 (DB).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Phrases

Lydford-on-Fosse

Questions

What does lydford mean?
A village and civil parish in West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5185).
Where does lydford come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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