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Old English Dictionary Entry

Brent-ford

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1 Brent-ford

gen. -fordes; dat. -forde, -forda; m. [Brent the river Brent, ford a ford: Brenford, Sim. Dun: Brendeford, Hunt.] BRENTFORD in Middlesex, situate where the river Brent flows into the Thames; oppidum in agro Middlesexiæ, in sinu quodam ubi se in Tamesin effundit Brent fluvius :-- Eádmund cyng férde ofer Temese æt Brentforda king Edmund went over the Thames at Brentford, Chr. 1016; Th. 282, 4, col. 1: 281, 26, col. 1. brent-ford
Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚱᛖᚾᛏ-ᚠᚩᚱᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Chr.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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