Old English · proper noun
Sceaftesburg
Normalised Sċeaftesburg
- Part of speech
- proper noun, feminine
- IPA
- /ˈʃæ͜ɑf.tesˌburɡ/[ˈʃæ͜ɑf.tezˌburˠɣ]
- Syllables
- ˈʃæ͜ɑf · tes · ˌburɡ (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- shaftesburydorset
Meaning
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Shaftesbury (a town in Dorset, England).
An. DCCCC.LXXX Hēr on þissum ġēare Ælfere ealdorman ġefette þēs hālgan cyninges līchaman æt Werhām, ⁊ ġeferode hine mid myċċlum wurðsċipe tō Sċæftesbyriġ.
Year 980 In this year Prince Elfhere fetched the body of the holy king [Edward] at Wareham, and brought it with much fanfare to Shaftesbury.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Declension
| Singular | |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Sċeaftesburg |
| Accusative | Sċeaftesburg |
| Genitive | Sċeaftesbyrġ |
| Dative | Sċeaftesbyrġ |
All forms (2)
Etymology
By surface analysis, sċeaftes (genitive singular of sċeaft (“shaft”)) + burg (“fortified city”)
Descendants
shaftesbury
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