Little Asby
hamlet · Westmorland and Furness
Old NorseAI-generated
Little Asby is a Norse settlement name meaning 'small farmstead of Ásbjörn'. The 'little' distinguishes it from a larger place, and 'Asby' derives from a personal name and the Norse term for a farmstead.
Word origins
- Little
- Old NorseSmall(from litill "small")
- Asby
- Old NorseÁsbjörn's farmstead(from Ásbjörn "personal name (god-bear)", býr "farmstead, village")