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Old English Dictionary Entry

Cinges tún

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1 Cinges tún

m. [cinges tún the king's town] KINGSTON; regia villa :-- Æðelstán wæs to cinge æt Cinges túne gehálgod Athelstan was consecrated king at Kingston, Chr. 925; Th. 198, 7, col. 3; 8, col. 2: 979; Th. 234, 9, col. 1; 235, 6, col. 2.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚳᛝᛖᛋ ᛏᚢᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

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