Barley
proper nounattested in dialogue
A village in Hertfordshire, England.
proper noun
- 1
A village in Hertfordshire, England.
- 2
A village in Lancashire, England.
- 3
A surname.
Etymology
* The village in Hertfordshire is from "Beora's ley," from *Beora + -ley (“clearing, lea”). The former is a personal name from Old English bera (“bear”). * The village in Lancashire is from Old English bar (“boar”) or bere (“barley”) + leah (“clearing”). * As an English surname, from the noun barley. As a south German surname, spelling variant of Behrle, Beerli, themselves related to the noun bear.
Forms
- plural
- Barleys
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Barley · A village in Hertfordshire, England.
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