Old English · proper noun
Eoforwic
Normalised Eoforwīc
- Part of speech
- proper noun, neuter
- Declension
- Irregular
- IPA
- /ˈe͜o.forˌwiːk/[ˈe͜o.vorˌwiːk]
- Syllables
- ˈe͜o · for · ˌwiːk (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- york
Meaning
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York
Hīe restaþ begen on Eoferwīc ċeastre on ānum portice.
They both lie in a portico in York.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Declension
All forms (2)
Etymology
A folk-etymological alteration, based on eofor (“boar”) and the common placename suffix wīc (“village”), of the earlier Latin Eborācum, from pre-Brythonic *Eborākom, from Proto-Celtic *eburos (“yew-tree”) (compare Welsh efwr, Breton evor).
Descendants
york
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