Great Ormside
village · Westmorland and Furness
Old EnglishAI-generated
Great Ormside means 'Orm's great farmstead', combining the Old Norse personal name Ormr with Old English 'mycel' (great) and 'tun' (farmstead, village).
Word origins
- Great
- Old Englishgreat(from mycel "great")
- Ormside
- Old NorseOrm's farmstead(from Ormr "personal name", sæter "settlement, dwelling")
Historical forms
Ormesete · Ormeside