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Old English · proper noun

Dornsæte

Normalised Dornsǣte

Part of speech: proper noun, masculine
Modern English: dorset dorsetshire

Meaning

the people of Dorset
Dorset, Dorsetshire

An. DCCCC.LXXXII Hēr on þȳs ġēare cōmon upp on Dorsǣtum III. sċypu wīcinga ⁊ hergedon on Portlande.

Year 982 In this year three Viking ships came up to Dorset and raided Portland.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

Declension

Declension of Dornsæte
	Plural
Nominative	Dornsǣte
Accusative	Dornsǣte
Genitive	Dornsǣta
Dative	Dornsǣtum Dornsǣton Dornsǣtan

All forms (5)

Dornsǣte
Dornsǣta
Dornsǣtum
Dornsǣton
Dornsǣtan

Descendants

dorset

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