Otby
Early-attested site in the Parish of Walesby
Historical Forms
- Otesbi 1086 DB
- Otebi 1086 DB Hy1 LN Hy2 Dane
- Oteby 1166 RBE 1177 P 1183 Dane 1566 Pat 1666 VL
- Ottebi c.1115 LS 1141–54 RAvi Hy2 Hy2 Dane 1170–98 Revesby lHy2 Dane l12 RAiv 1200 P 1212 Fees
- Otteby 1140–47 RAi Hy2 Gilb 1409 MiD l12 Fees 1242–43 FF 1269 Ass 1272 Misc 1273 RH 1275 QW 1281 FA 1303 Lanc 1507
- Ottebeya 1198 Ch 1328
- Ottebie 1576 FLIrnham
- Othebi 12 Reveslnv
- Otheby Hy3 RevesbyS
- Otby 1327 SR 1386 Peace 1618 Foster
Etymology
'Otti's farmstead, village' v. bȳ , the first el. being the ODan pers.n. Otti , which Fellows-Jensen, SSNEM 62, points out had been thought to be an early loan from Continental Germanic, but has been shown to be a hypocoristic form of Ottarr . Otti is found independently in DB in Sf and Y.