White Ox Mead
hamlet · Bath and North East Somerset
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This hamlet's name combines 'hwīt' (white) and 'wāf' (a rare Old English word possibly meaning 'ox' or 'cattle') with 'mēd' (mead, meadow). It likely refers to a meadow associated with white oxen or a white pasture for cattle.
Word origins
- White
- Old EnglishAttestedwhite(from hwīt "white")
- Ox
- Old Englishox, cattle(from wāf "ox, cattle (uncertain)")
- Mead
- Old Englishmead, meadow(from mæd "mead, meadow")