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Jórvík

Jórvík

Icelandic

Proper noun

Jórvík f

  1. York

Old Norse

Etymology

Adaptation of Old English Eoforwic, itself an alteration of an earlier Brythonic Celtic placename by false association with eofor (boar) (from Proto-Germanic *eburaz). Compare Latin Eboracum.

Proper noun

Jórvík f

  1. York

Descendants