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Old English · proper noun

Deorby

Normalised Dēorbȳ

Part of speech
proper noun, neuter
Declension
strong a-stem
Modern English
derby

Meaning

  1. Derby

Declension

Declension of Deorby
Singular
Nominative Dēorbȳ
Accusative Dēorbȳ
Genitive Dēorbȳes
Dative Dēorbȳe

All forms (3)

Etymology

From dēor, dēora (“animal, animals'”) + bȳ (“dwelling, habitation”), literally “habitation of the animals”.

Descendants

derby

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