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Pond Lye

lake or loch · West Sussex

Old EnglishAI-generated

Pond Lye is a name combining 'pond' with 'lye', which in Old English referred to a clearing or a meadow. It suggests a pond located in or near a clearing or meadow.

Word origins

Pond
Old Englishpond, small lake(from pond "pond, small lake")
Lye
Old Englishclearing, meadow(from lēah "clearing, meadow")