Lexmere
Early-attested site in the Parish of Easingwold
Historical Forms
- Lexemer' 1187 Leon5d 1248 Cl
Etymology
'Salmon pool' from OE leax , 'salmon,' and mere. Normally OE leax appears in ME as lax , in the same way as OE feax appears as ME fax , but there is an example of lex cited by Stratmann-Bradley (ME Dict. s.v. lax from a 12th cent. version of Ælfric's Grammar, etc.). For the e -vowel cf. also DBLexintune , Hy 3 Ipm Lexinton , now Laxton (Nt).