Eoforwíc-ceaster
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On Eoforwícceastre apud Eboracum oppidum, Bd. 1, 5; Sch. 17, 23. On Eoforwícceastre (Eofer-, v. l.) Eburaci, 2, 14; Sch. 170, 5 : Chr. 738 ; P. 44, 20. Tó Eoforwícceastre, 867; P. 68, 17: 869; P. 70, 3. Æt Eoforwícceastre (Eofer-; on Eoforwíc, v. ll.)
Granta-ceaster
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Ys sum fenn þæt onginneð fram Grante eá, náht feor fram þǽre cestre, ðǽre ylcan nama ys nemned Granteceaster est palus, quae a Grontae fluminis ripis incipiens haud procul a castello, quod dicunt nomine Gronte, Guth. Gr. 113, 3. Add
Lega-ceaster
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Chester Hié gedydon on ánre wéstre ceastre on Wírhealum, seó is Legaceaster (Leg-, Liege-, Lige-, v. ll. ) geháten, Chr. 894; P. 88, 6. Hé micele fyrd gelǽdde tó Legaceastre (Leige-, v. l. ad ciuitate Legionum, quae a gente Anglorum Legacaester, a Brettonibus
Ligora-ceaster
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Leicester Rád se here út of Ligeraceastre, and brǽcon þone friþ, Chr. 917; P. 98, 2 : 921 ; P. 101, 6. Æt Ligraceastre (Legra-, Ligran-, v. ll. ), 918; P. 105, 22. On Legraceastre, 943; P. 111, 16. Eádmund Myrce geeóde . . . Ligoraceaster and Lindcylene
neáh-ceaster
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a neighbouring city Néhceastra gehwilce and land forhergiende proximas quasque ciuitates agrosque depopulans, Bd. I. 15; Sch. 43, II
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ceaster-wyrhta
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polimita hringfág
sǽ-ceaster
Similar entry: sǽ-burh
Wintan-ceaster
Winchester
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Winchester. [The name is got from the earlier Venta of Roman Britain. This form occurs in Latin works, e. g. : In Venta civitate, Bd. 4, 15: Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 300, 16. Monasterium in Wenta positum, vi. 29, 16. Also the adjective Wentanus (Uentanus,
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Wigere-ceaster
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Tófe-ceaster
Towcester
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Towcester Mon worhte ða burg æt Tófeceastre, Chr. 921; Erl. 107, 26
Eofor-wíc-ceaster
York
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York: — On ðære cyricean Eoforwícceastre in Eboracensi ecclēsia, Bd. 5, 24; S. 646, 29: Chr. 644; Th. 48, 20
Baðan
The city of Bath, Somersetshire ⬩ Bathoniæ urbs a balneis dicta, in agro Somersetensi
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Genámon þreó ceastra,-Gleawan ceaster and Ciren-ceaster and Baðan-ceaster they took three cities,-Gloucester, Cirencester, and Bath, Chr. 577; Erl. 18, 20
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Hæestingas
Hastings
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Hastings And ða hwíle com Willelm eorl upp æt Hestingan and that time Earl William landed at Hastings, Chr. 1066; Erl. 203, 3. Ðá férde se cyng tó Hæstingan then the king went to Hastings, 1094; Erl. 229, 35. Hí heafdon ofergán Súþseaxe and Hæstingas
Wihg(e)ra-ceaster
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Acemannes burh
Bath, Somersetshire
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Bath, Somersetshire 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
ceást
Strife, contention, murmuring, sedition, scandal ⬩ lis, rixa, seditio
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Strife, contention, murmuring, sedition, scandal; lis, rixa, seditio On ceáste in strife, L. Alf. 18; Th. i. 48, note 34. Gif he þurh unnytte ceáste man ofsleá fæste x geár si in inutili rixa hominem occident, x annas jejunet, L. Ecg.
ceastel
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ceastra
- Mt. Bos. 9, 35
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ceásnes
Election, choice ⬩ electio
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Election, choice; electio, Som. Ben: Lye
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CEAFER
A beetle,chafer; ⬩ brūchus = βροῦχος
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A beetle,chafer; brūchus = βροῦχος Ceafor bruchus, Ælfc. Gl. 23; Som. 59, 118; Wrt. Voc. 23, 72: 77, 50: 281, 45.; He cwæþ and com gærshoppa, and ceaferas ðæs næs gerín oððe getel dixit et venit locusta, et bruchus cujus non erat numerus, Ps. Lamb. 104