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Leafield

village · Oxfordshire

Old EnglishAI-generated

Leafield means 'the open land where leaves fall' or 'the clearing in the leaf-wood'. It comes from the Old English 'lēaf' (leaf) and 'feld' (field or open land).

Word origins

Leaf
Old Englishleaf(from lēaf "leaf")
field
Old Englishfield, open land(from feld "field, open land")

Historical forms

Levefeld · Levefeld