Rotherby

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Rotherby

Where it comes from

From Old Norse personal name (H)reitharr + býr (“settlement”). The first element was later reshaped as rother (“ox”).

proper noun

A village in Hoby with Rotherby parish, Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK6716).

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@misc{rotherby_2026,
  title = {Rotherby},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rotherby},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}