Old English · noun
ealdorburg
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- IPA
- /ˈæ͜ɑl.dorˌburɡ/[ˈæ͜ɑɫ.dorˌburˠɣ]
- Syllables
- ˈæ͜ɑl · dor · ˌburɡ (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- metropolis
Meaning
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metropolis
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 along with fifty-seven towers fell and collapsed and many other cities fell to ruin.
late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History -
a royal city
Etymology
From ealdor (“elder, king, origin, ancestor”) + burg (“city, fortress”)
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