Lega-ceaster

Old English Dictionary Entry

Lega-ceaster

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e ; Related words: ll.

Definitions

1 Lega-ceaster

f. Chester :-- Hié gedydon on ánre wéstre ceastre on Wírhealum, seó is Legaceaster (Leg-, Liege-, Lige-, ) geháten, Chr. 894; P. 88, 6. Hé micele fyrd gelǽdde tó Legaceastre (Leige-, Legacaester, a Brettonibus autem rectius Carlegion appellatur), Bd. 2, 2; Sch. 120, 5. Hé lǽdde his ferde tó Legaceastre, Chr. 605 ; P. 23, 5. Tó Legeceastre, 1016; P. 147, 16: 1055; P. 186, 18. Lægeceastre, 972; P. 119, 10. Ábúton Legceastre, 1000; P. 133, 14. lega-ceaster

Runic Inscription

ᛚᛖᚷᚪ-ᚳᛠᛋᛏᛖᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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