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Old English · proper noun

Lunden

Part of speech
proper noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/ˈlun.den/
Syllables
ˈlun · den (2 syllables)
Modern English
london

Meaning

  1. London

    Þā æfter him feng Mellitus to erċebisċopdōme þe ǣr wæs bisċop on Lundene...Ðā æfter feng tō þām erċebisċopdōme Iūstus...

    Then after him Mellitus, who was previously bishop of London, ascended to the archbishopdom..then afterwards Justus ascended to the archbishopdom.

    Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

Declension

Declension of Lunden
Singular
Nominative Lunden
Accusative Lundene
Genitive Lundene
Dative Lundene

All forms (2)

Etymology

Together with Middle Welsh Llundein cannot be directly from Latin Londinium, which would yield *Lynden via i-mutation. But both may continue Vulgar Latin *Lundeinju (Late British Latin) if the medial -i- of the original word was short.

Descendants

london

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