Old English · proper noun
Westwealas
Normalised Westwēalas
- Part of speech
- proper noun, masculine
- Modern English
- cornwall
Meaning
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the Welsh of Cornwall
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Cornwall
An. DCCCXIII Hēr Wulfrǣd arċebisċeop mid bletsunge Leon þǣs papan hwearf eft tō his āgnum bisċeopdōme. ⁊ þȳ ġēare ġehergode Eċġbriht cing on Westwēalas frām ēasteweardum ōþ westwearde.
Year 813 In this year Archbishop Wulfred returned to his own bishopdom with the blessing of Pope Leo [III]. And in that year King Edgebright ravaged Cornwall from the east to the west.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Declension
| Plural | |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Westwēalas |
| Accusative | Westwēalas |
| Genitive | Westwēala |
| Dative | Westwēalum |
All forms (3)
Etymology
west (“west”) + Wēalas (“Wales”)
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