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Exan ceaster

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Exan ceaster, Eaxan ceaster, Exe cester, es; n. [Flor. Exancestre, Excestre: Hovd. Excester; Ex. Exa the river Ex: ceaster; gen. ceastres; n. v. ceaster a city]
EXETER, Devon; cīvĭtas Exoniæ in agro Devŏniensi, ad rīpam Iscæ flūminis
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  • Se here Exan ceaster beseten hæfde

    the army had beset Exeter,

    • Chr. 895
      • ;
    • Th. 172,
      • 12.

  • He wende hine wið Exan ceastres

    he turned towards Exeter,

    • Chr. 894
      • ;
    • Th. 166,
      • 31.

  • Wið Exan cestres

    towards Exeter,

    • Chr. 894
      • ;
    • Th. 168, 26, col. 1
      • .

  • Exacester,

    • Chr. 1003
      • ;
    • Th. 252, 14, col. I. Eaxeceaster, Execiester, Th. 253, 14, col. 1,
      • 2.
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v. ceaster II.
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v.  Eaxan ceaster Escan ceaster.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “Exan ceaster.” 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/9841.

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