Crecca-gelád

Old English Dictionary Entry

Crecca-gelád

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Cre-gelád, e; Related words:

Definitions

1 Crecca-gelád

f. [gelád a road, way: Flor. Criccelade: Hunt. Crikelade: Sim. Dun. Criccelad: Brom. Criklade] CRICKLADE, Wiltshire; oppidi nomen in agro Wiltoniensi :-- Hie hergodon ofer Mercna land óþ hie cómon to Creccageláde, and fóron ðǽr ofer Temese they harried over the Mercians' land until they came to Cricklade, and there they went over the Thames, Chr. 905; Erl. 98, 15. On ðissum geáre com Cnut mid his here ofer Temese into Myrcum æt Cregeláde in this year [A. D. 1016] Cnut came with his army over the Thames into Mercia at Cricklade, 1016; Erl. 153, 23. crecca-gelad

Runic Inscription

ᚳᚱᛖᚳᚳᚪ-ᚷᛖᛚᚪᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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