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  • proper noun A former Anglo-Saxon kingdom, now a division of Lincolnshire, England.
  • proper noun A habitational surname.
  • proper noun A male given name.
  • proper noun A female given name.

Etymologies

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Old English Lindesege, ultimately from Proto-Brythonic *linn (“pool”) (as in Lincoln) + Old English ēġ ("island (of land)").

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