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Old English Dictionary Entry

Dornwara ceaster

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1 Dornwara ceaster

gen. ceastre; f. [the city of the inhabitants of Dorsetshire] DORCHESTER, the chief town of Dorsetshire; Dorcestria, agri Dorsetensi caput :-- Ðis wæs gedón in ðam cynelícan setle on ðære stówe ðe is genæmned Dornwara ceaster this was done in the royal residence in the place which is named Dorchester, Th. Diplm. A. D. 864; 126, 8: Cod. Dipl. 1061; A.D. 868; Knibl.
Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛞᚩᚱᚾᚹᚪᚱᚪ ᚳᛠᛋᛏᛖᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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