Unnumbered source etymology
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Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA village and civil parish in Blaby district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP5697). · A local government district of Leicestershire, formed in 1974 and named after the village, with its headquarters in Narborough. · A habitational surname from Old Norse.
From the unattested Old Norse personal name *Blár, a byname from blár (“dark”), + bý (“farmstead”).
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