Old English · proper noun
Wilsæte
Normalised Wilsǣte
- Part of speech
- proper noun, masculine
- Modern English
- wiltshire
Meaning
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the people of Wiltshire
⁊ þǣre ilcan dæġe rād Æþelmund ealdormann of Hwiċċum ofer æt Cynemǣresford. Ðā ġemette hine Wīhstān ealdormann mid Wilsǣtum, ⁊ þǣr wæs myċel ġefeoht, ⁊ þǣr bēġen ofsleġene wurdan þā ealdormenn, ⁊ Wilsǣte naman siġe.
And on that same day Alderman Aethelmund rode from Hwicce to Kempsford. There he encountered Alderman Wihstan, who was with some men of Wiltshire. And there was a great battle, and both aldermen were slain, and the men of Wiltshire won a victory.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From *wil, an element of uncertain origin preserved in English Wilton + -sǣte (“residents”)
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