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Earning Stream

lake or loch · Northumberland

Old EnglishAI-generated

This name likely means 'stream of the marsh'. It combines the Old English 'ear' (ear, or possibly a variant of 'eare' meaning shore/bank) with 'strēam' (stream).

Word origins

ear
Old Englishear, or possibly shore/bank(from eare "ear", ear "shore, bank (less common)")
stream
Old Englishstream(from strēam "stream")