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Cridian tún

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Cridian tún, es; m. [tún a town: Flor. Cridiatun]
CREDITON, Devonshire, formerly the seat of the bishops of Devonshire, so called because it is situated on the banks of the river Creedy; oppidi nomen in agro Devoniensi
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  • Hér æt Kyrtlingtúne forþférde Sideman bisceop, on hrædlícan deáþe: se wæs Defnascíre bisceop, and he wilnode ðæt his lícræst sceolde beón æt Cridian túne, æt his bisceopstóle

    in this year [A. D. 977] bishop Sideman died at Kirtlinglon, by sudden death: he was bishop of Devonshire, and he desired that his body's resting-place might be at Crediton, at his episcopal see,

    • Chr. 977
      • ;
    • Erl. 127, 35-38
      • ;
    • Cod. Dipl. 1334
      • ;
    • A. D. 1046
      • ;
    • Kmbl. vi. 196, 15.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “Cridian tún.” 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/6708.

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