Etymograph

English

Glenridding

Glenridding comes from Cumbric *glınn or *glenn + *redınn.

  1. Cumbricmodern*glınn or *glenn + *redınnreconstructed
  2. EnglishtodayGlenridding

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Cumbricmodern*glınn or *glenn + *redınnreconstructed
  2. EnglishtodayGlenridding

The story

The second element shows influenced from Middle English ridding (‘clearing’).

Today it means

name A village in Patterdale parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Cumbric *glınn or *glenn + *redınn / Glenridding