Old English · proper noun
Gleawceaster
Normalised Glēawċeaster
- Part of speech
- proper noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong ō-stem
- Modern English
- gloucester
Meaning
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Gloucester
An. DCCCCXL Hēr Æþelstān cyning forþferde on Glēaweċestre...⁊ Æþelstān cyning ricsode XIIII ġēar ⁊ tēon wucan.
Year 940 In this year King Athelstan died in Gloucester...he reigned for 14 years and ten weeks.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Declension
| Singular | |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Glēawċeaster |
| Accusative | Glēawċeastre |
| Genitive | Glēawċeastre |
| Dative | Glēawċeastre |
All forms (2)
Etymology
From Latin Glēvum + ċeaster.
Descendants
gloucester
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