That was the Viking name. It's an adaptation of the actual Saxon name, Eoforwīc ("boar settlement"), which was itself an adaptation of the Roman name, Eborācum, which in turn was adapted from the Celtic Eburacon – 'place where the yew trees grow'.
That was the Viking name. It's an adaptation of the actual Saxon name, Eoforwīc ("boar settlement"), which was itself an adaptation of the Roman name, Eborācum, which in turn was adapted from the Celtic Eburacon – 'place where the yew trees grow'.
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