"Barley" meaning in English

See Barley in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Barleys [plural]
Etymology: * The village in Hertfordshire is from "Beora's ley," from Beora + -ley (“clearing, lea”). The former is a personal name from Old English bera (“bear”). * The village in Lancashire is from Old English bar (“boar”) or bere (“barley”) + leah (“clearing”). * As an English surname, from the noun barley. As a south German surname, spelling variant of Behrle, Beerli, themselves related to the noun bear. Etymology templates: {{m|ang|Beora}} Beora, {{l|en|lea}} lea, {{suf|en||-leigh|alt2=-ley|t2=clearing, lea}} + -ley (“clearing, lea”), {{der|en|ang|bera|t=bear}} Old English bera (“bear”), {{cog|ang|bar|t=boar}} Old English bar (“boar”), {{m|ang|bere|t=barley}} bere (“barley”), {{m|ang|leah|t=clearing}} leah (“clearing”), {{m|en|barley}} barley, {{der|en|de|-}} German, {{m|de|Behrle}} Behrle, {{m|de|Beerli}} Beerli, {{m|en|bear}} bear Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|Barleys}} Barley (countable and uncountable, plural Barleys)
  1. A village in Hertfordshire, England. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in England, Places in Hertfordshire, England, Villages in England, Villages in Hertfordshire, England
    Sense id: en-Barley-en-name-FDAw~eEE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 5 19 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 68 4 29
  2. A village in Lancashire, England. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in England, Places in Lancashire, England, Villages in England, Villages in Lancashire, England
    Sense id: en-Barley-en-name-oNs96QKy
  3. A surname. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Barley-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames

Inflected forms

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