name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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Standard Lemma guide
toft
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Pronunciation
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rhymes with -ɒft
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CMU ARPABET: T AA1 F T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3656).
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name
Meaning 3
A small village and civil parish (served by Plumley with Toft and Bexton Parish Council) in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7576).
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name
Meaning 4
A village in Toft with (or cum) Lound and Manthorpe parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0617).
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Meaning 5
A hamlet in Dunchurch parish, Rugby district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4770).
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name
Meaning 6
A hamlet and ferry port (Booth of Toft) on Mainland, Shetland Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HU4376).
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noun
Meaning 7
A hillock.
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noun
Meaning 8
A homestead, especially one on a hill.
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Examples
- 2003, C. S. Knighton (editor), Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous (Chancery): Preserved in the Public Record Office, Volume VIII: 1422—1485, page 73, Wynnemerus Preston lately held 2 cottages wasted of which the tofts are worth 2d. net yearly and another cottage wasted of which the toft is worth 6d. net yearly.
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noun
Meaning 9
A messuage with right of common.
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History
Etymology
From Old Norse toft, from Proto-Germanic *tumþiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to build”).