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Cisse-ceaster

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Cisse-ceaster, -ceastre; f. [Flor. Cissaceaster: Sim. Dun. Cissacestre]
Cissa's city, CHICHESTER, Sussex; Cissæ castellum, Cicestria in agro Sussexiensi
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  • Hergodon hie upon Súþ-Seaxum neáh Cisseceastre

    they harried on the South-Saxons near Chichester,

    • Chr. 895
    • ;
    • Erl. 93, 27
    • .
  • To Cisseceastre

    at Chichester,

    • L. Ath. i. 14
    • ;
    • Th. i. 208, 3
    • .
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  • Cisse-ceaster, n.