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Wormley

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Wormley

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From Old English wyrm (“snake”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to worm or wyrm + -ley (“lea”).

proper noun Wormleys · Wormeley · Wormely

  1. countable, uncountable A village in Broxbourne district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL322054).
  2. countable, uncountable A village in Witley parish, Waverley borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9438).
  3. countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Old English.

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@misc{wormley_2026,
  title = {Wormley},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wormley},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}