Old English · proper noun
Selewudu
- Part of speech
- proper noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong u-stem
- Modern English
- sherbourne
Meaning
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Sherbourne (a village in England)
An. DCCIX Hēr Aldhelm bisċeop forðferde, sē wæs bē westan Selewuda bisċeop.
Year 709 In this year Bishop Aldhelm, who was bishop in the area west of Sherbourne, died.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Declension
All forms (2)
Etymology
By surface analysis, sealh (“willow”) + wudu (“wood”)
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