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Acemannes burh

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Acemannes burh, burg; g. burge; d. byrig, beri; f: ceaster, cester; g. ceastre; f. [æce ake, mannes man's, ceaster or burh city or fortress]
Bath, Somersetshire
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  • Hér Eádgár to ríce féng at Acemannes byrig, ðæt is at Baðan here, A. D. 972,

    Edgar took the kingdom at Akeman's burgh, that is at Bath,

    • Chr. 972; Th. 225, 18, col. 3
      • .

  • On ðære ealdan byrig, Acemannes ceastre; ac beornas Baðan nemnaþ

    in the old burgh, Akeman's Chester; but men call it Bath,

    • Chr. 973; Ing. 158, 26
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  • At Acemannes beri

    at Akeman's bury,

    • Ing. 158, note g
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “Acemannes burh.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/156.

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