Old English Dictionary Entry

Acsan mynster

Part of speech: Ascan mynster, Axan minster, es;

Definitions

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1 Acsan mynster

n. [Acsa, an; m? the river Axe; mynster a monastery: Flor. Axanminster: Hunt. Acseminster] AXMINSTER in Devonshire; hodie Axminster, in agro Devoniensi; ita dictum quod situm est ad ripam fluminis Axi :-- Se Cynewulf rícsode xxxi wintra, and his líc líþ æt Wintan ceastre, and ðæs æðelinges æt Ascan [Acsan, Gib. 59, 3; Ing. 71, 28] mynster Cynewulf reigned thirty-one years, and his body lies at Winchester, and the prince's at Axminster, Chr. 755; Erl. 50, 32: Th. 86, 13, col. 1. acsan mynster

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Runic Inscription

ᚪᚳᛋᚪᚾ ᛗᚣᚾᛋᛏᛖᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Chr.: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Erl.: Earle, J. (editor)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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