swynnerton
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.21 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A village and civil parish in Stafford district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8535).
Countable; Uncountable
Etymology
From either: # Old English swīn (“swine, pig”) + ford + tūn, 'the settlement at Swinford, the swine ford'. # Old English swille (“a sloppy or liquid mess”) + ford + tūn, 'the settlement at Swilford, the dirty ford'. # Old English swan or swān (“herdsman”) + ford + tūn, 'the settlement at Swanford, the herdsmen's or swan's ford'. # Old English sumor (“summer”) + ford + tūn, 'the settlement at Somerford, the summer ford'.
Origin
- Source language: Old English