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Cantwara burg

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Cantwara burg, Cantware-burg, Cantwar-burg, -burh; gen. burge; f; Cantwara byrig, e; f.
[Cant-wara, gen. pl. of Cant-ware Kentish men, burh a city] A city or fortress of the men of Kent; Cantuariorum urbs vel castellum.
CANTERBURY; Durovernensis civitas
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  • Cantwara burg forbærn ðý geáre

    Canterbury was burnt in that year,

    • Chr. 754
      • ;
    • Th. 80, 35, col. 1
      • .

  • Brǽcon Cantwara burh

    they took Canterbury by storm,

    • 853
      • ;
    • Th. 120, 28, col. 3
      • .

  • Ða sealde Æðelbyrht him wununesse and stówe on Cantwara byrig, seó wæs ealles his ríces ealdorburh

    dedit ergo Ædilberctus eis mansionem in civitate Durovernensi [Canterbury] , quæ imperii sui totius erat metropolis,

    • Bd. 1, 25
      • ;
    • S. 487, 18: 4, 5
      • ;
    • S. 572, 9
      • .

  • To Cantwarebyrig

    to Canterbury,

    • Chr. 1009
      • ;
    • Th. 260, 37
      • .

  • He wæs bebyrged innan Cantwarbyrig

    he was buried within Canterbury,

    • 690
      • ;
    • Th. 65, 23, col. 1: 754
      • ;
    • Th. 81, 36
      • .
Rochester; Roffensis civitas,
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  • Roffa Putta Cantwara burhge bisceop, seó is cweden æt Hrofesceastre

    Putta Episcopus castelli Cantuariorum, quod dicitur Rofecester,

    • Bd. 4, 5
      • ;
    • Whelc. 272, 35
      • .
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v.  Contwara burg.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “Cantwara burg.” 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/5837.

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