Old English · proper noun
Suþrigea
Normalised Sūþrīġea
- Part of speech
- proper noun, masculine
- IPA
- /ˈsuːθ.riː.jæ͜ɑ/[ˈsuːð.riː.jæ͜ɑ]
- Syllables
- ˈsuːθ · riː · jæ͜ɑ (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- surrey
Meaning
-
Surrey, a region of England
An. DCCXXII Hēr Æþelburh cwēn tōwearp Tantūn þe Īne ǣr timbrede ⁊ Ealdbriht wræċċa ġewāt on Sūþrīġe ⁊ on Sūþseaxe ⁊ Īne ġefeaht wiþ Suðseaxan.
Year 722 In this year Queen Aethelburg destroyed Taunton, which Ine had previously built, and the wretch Ealdbright fled to Surrey and Sussex, and Ine fought against the South Saxons.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From sūþ, sūþerne (“south, southern”); -ġe (district, region)
Descendants
surrey
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