Élíg-burh

Old English Dictionary Entry

Élíg-burh

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Élí-burh; Related words:

Definitions

1 Élíg-burh

gen. -burge; dat. -byrig; f. The city of Ely, Cambridgeshire; urbs Eliensis in agro Cantabrigiensi :-- Man hine lǽdde to Élígbyrig [Élíbyrig, Th. 294, 15, col. 2] they led him to Ely, Chr. 1036; Th. 294, 16, col. 1. elig-burh

Runic Inscription

ᛖᛚᛁᚷ-ᛒᚢᚱᚻ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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