Colne-ceaster

Old English Dictionary Entry

Colne-ceaster

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 Colne-ceaster

gen. -ceastre; f. COLCHESTER, Essex, so called from the river Colne; Colcestria, in agro Essexiæ, ad ripam Colnii fluvii :-- Hí fóron to Colneceastre they went to Colchester, Chr. 92i; Erl. 107, 9; 108, 5. colne-ceaster

Runic Inscription

ᚳᚩᛚᚾᛖ-ᚳᛠᛋᛏᛖᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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