Old English · proper noun
Humbre
- Part of speech
- proper noun, feminine
- Declension
- weak n-stem
- IPA
- /ˈxum.bre/[ˈhum.bre]
- Syllables
- ˈxum · bre (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- humberestuary
Meaning
-
the Humber (estuary in England)
Đa was on þā tīd Æðelbyrht cyning hāten on Centrīċe, ⁊ mihtiġ: hē hæfde rīċe ōð ġemæro Humbre strēames, sē tōsċēadeð sūðfolce Angelþēode ⁊ nordfolc.
At that time the powerful Athelbert was king of the kingdom of Kent; his authority extended to the boundary of the Humber, which divides the southern English from the northern English.
late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
Declension
All forms (2)
Descendants
humber
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