Middlebie Hill
hill or mountain · Dumfries and Galloway
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name describes a hill in the settlement of Middlebie. It combines the Old English 'middel' (middle) with the place name element 'bie' (likely from Old Norse 'býr' meaning farmstead or village) and 'hyll' (hill).
Word origins
- Middlebie
- Old EnglishAttestedmiddle settlement(from middel "middle", býr "farmstead, village")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")