Old English · noun
ceaster
Normalised ċeaster
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong ō-stem
- IPA
- /ˈt͡ʃæ͜ɑs.ter/
- Syllables
- ˈt͡ʃæ͜ɑs · ter (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- fortress-caster-cester-chesterfortchesterfortifiedsettlement
Meaning
-
fortress, fort
-
fortified settlement, town, city
Swylċe ēac þissum tīdum cōm myċel hungor on Constantinopolim Crēca ealdorburh: ⁊ sōna wōl was æfterfyliġende. Ġe ēac moniġe weallas mid seofon ⁊ fīfteġum tōrran ġehruron ⁊ ġefeollan ⁊ swylċe ēac moniġe ōðre ċeastre tōhrorene wǣron.
And also at this time there was a great famine in the Greek metropolis of Constantinople; and a plague followed immediately after. Also many walls with fifty-seven towers fell and collapsed and many other cities fell to ruin.
late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Latin castra (“camp”).
Descendants
-caster, -cester, -chester, chester
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