eldertongue

Old English · proper noun

Deornoþingtun

Part of speech
proper noun, neuter
Modern English
darlington

Meaning

  1. Darlington (a large market town in County Durham, England).

Etymology

Attested as Dearthingtunc, equivalent to Dēornōþ (a male given name) + -ing + tūn (“town”).

Descendants

darlington

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