English
Woolpit
Woolpit comes from Old English wulf + pytt ‘a pit for trapping wolves’.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150wulf + pytt‘a pit for trapping wolves’
- EnglishtodayWoolpit
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150wulf + pytt‘a pit for trapping wolves’
- EnglishtodayWoolpit
Every English word from Old English wulf + pytt
Today it means
name A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL9762).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English wulf + pytt / Woolpit