Old English · proper noun
Earp
- Part of speech
- proper noun
- Modern English
- ure
Meaning
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Ure (a river in North Yorkshire, England)
Etymology
Probably corrupted from *Ear + ƿ (abbreviation for ƿæter (“water”)). First attested c. 1025.
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