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Mossy Lea

village · Lancashire

Old EnglishAI-generated

Mossy Lea means 'the open, uncultivated land covered in moss'. It combines the Old English 'mos' (moss) with 'leah' (woodland clearing, open land).

Word origins

Mossy
Old Englishcovered in moss(from mos "moss", ig "adjectival suffix")
Lea
Old Englishwoodland clearing, open land(from lēah "woodland clearing, open land")