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Threlkeld

Threlkeld proper noun: a village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY3125).

Proper noun

Threlkeld (countable and uncountable, plural Threlkelds)

  1. A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY3125).
  2. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Forms of Threlkeld

pluralThrelkelds

Origin of Threlkeld

The place name is from Old Norse þræll (“serf, slave”) + kelda (“spring, well”).

Questions about Threlkeld

What does Threlkeld mean?
Threlkeld means a village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY3125).
What part of speech is Threlkeld?
Threlkeld is a proper noun.

Words near Threlkeld in the dictionary

  1. threeways
  2. Threipland
  3. Threiplands
  4. threitol
  5. threitols
  6. Threlkeld
  7. Threlkelds
  8. thremmatological
  9. thremmatologist
  10. thremmatologists
  11. thremmatology

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