(muddy area)

  • 51Gadeaux — There are several possible explanations for the origin of this Olde French surname. It is almost certainly habitational, deriving either from the French gadove and translating as one who lived or worked on a river bank or similar muddy area, or… …

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  • 52Lagde — There are several possible explanations for the origin of this Olde French surname. It is almost certainly habitational, deriving either from the French gadove and translating as one who lived or worked on a river bank or similar muddy area, or… …

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  • 53Lagadu — There are several possible explanations for the origin of this Olde French surname. It is almost certainly habitational, deriving either from the French gadove and translating as one who lived or worked on a river bank or similar muddy area, or… …

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  • 54Mudd — This unusual name has a number of possible origins. Firstly, it may be a variant form of the medieval English female given name Ma(ha)lt or Mau(l)d , from the Norman (French) name Matilde , Matilda , composed of the Old Germanic elements maht ,… …

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  • 55Slym — This rare and interesting surname is of Anglo Saxon and Dutch origin, and is from a topographical name for someone who lived in a muddy area, derived from the Olde English pre 7th Century slim , meaning slime or mud, and the Dutch slijm , also… …

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  • 56Sobey — History does strange things to names and it has not failed with Sobey. The name is a local dialectual spelling which derives originally from the locational name, Soureby or Sourebi, a pre 7th Century Norse Viking word which means the farm (bi) on …

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  • 57marsh — [[t]mɑ͟ː(r)ʃ[/t]] marshes N VAR A marsh is a wet, muddy area of land. Syn: bog …

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  • 58duckboard — n. board laid down to allow passage over a wet or muddy area …

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  • 59duckboards — n. board laid down to allow passage over a wet or muddy area …

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  • 60slop through — wade through (a wet or muddy area). → slop …

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