Old English · proper noun
Seolesieg
Normalised Sēolesīeġ
- Part of speech
- proper noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong ō-stem
- IPA
- /ˈse͜oː.lesˌi͜yːj/[ˈse͜oː.lezˌi͜yːj]
- Syllables
- ˈse͜oː · les · ˌi͜yːj (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- selseychichestersussex
Meaning
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Selsey (a town in Chichester district, West Sussex, England).
An. DCCCC.LXXX Hēr on þys ġēare wæs Æþelgār abbod tō bisċeope ġehālgod...tō þām bisċeopstōle æt Seolesīġġe. ⁊ on þām ylcan ġēare wæs Sūðhāmtūn forhergod fram sċipheriġe, ⁊ sēo burhwaru mǣst ofsleġen ⁊ ġehæft. ⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare wæs Tenetland ġehergod. ⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare wæs Leġeċeastersċīr ġehergod fram norð sċiphere.
Year 970 In this year Abbod Ethelgar was ordained bishop of the diocese at Selsey. And in the same year, Southhampton was plundered by a fleet, and most of the citizenry was slain or taken captive. And in the same year, Thanet was ravaged. And in the same year, Cheshire was ravaged by a northern fleet.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Declension
| Singular | |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Sēolesīeġ |
| Accusative | Sēolesīeġe |
| Genitive | Sēolesīeġe |
| Dative | Sēolesīeġe |
All forms (2)
Etymology
Compound of sēoles (genitive of seolh (“seal”)) + īeġ (“island”)
Descendants
selsey
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