Ceortes íg

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ceortes íg

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Certes íg, e;. Related words:

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1 Ceortes íg

f. [Hovd. Matt. West. Certesie] Cerot's island, CHERTSEY, in Surrey, on the bank of the Thames; Ceroti insula, Cartesia, in agro Surriensi, ad ripam Tamesis fluminis :-- Ercenwold getimbrede mynster on Súþrigena lande, be Temese streáme, on ðære stówe ðe is nemned Ceortes íge Earconvaldus monasterium construxerat in regione Sudergeona, juxta fluvium Tamensem, in loco gui vocatur Cerotæsei, id est, Ceroti insula, Bd. 4, 6; S. 574, 15. Hér drǽfde Eádgár cyng ða preóstas of Ceortes íge [Certes ige, 223, col. 3] in this year, A. D. 964, king Edgar drove the priests from Chertsey, Chr. 964; Th. 222, 5, 10. ceortes ig

Runic Inscription

ᚳᛇᚱᛏᛖᛋ ᛁᚷ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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