West-mynster

Old English Dictionary Entry

West-mynster

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: 190, 12, 26. Ða gebróðere on Westminstre, 192, 5. The word occurs often in charters of Edward the Confessor. The Latin form Westmonasterium is found in a doubtful charter of the reign: Locum qui dicitur Westmonasterium quod a tempore sancti Augustini institutum, multaque ueterum regum munificentia honoratum, propter uetustatem et frequentes bellorum tumultus pene uidebatur destructum, 176, 1. The place is mentioned in a (doubtful) charter of Offa of the year 785 : In loco terribili, quod dicitur æt Uuestmunstur, i. 180, 3. west-mynster

Definitions

1 West-mynster

n. Westminster: -- Hér forðférde Harold cyning, and hé wæs bebyrged æt Westmynstre, Chr. 1039; Erl. 167, 13. Willelm com tó Westmynstre, and Ealdréd arcebiscop hine tó cynge gehálgode, 1066; Erl. 203, 8. Hér man wrǽgde ðone biscop Ægelríc and sende hine tó Westmynstre, 1069; Erl. 207, 7. Icc habbe gifen Sainte Petre UNCERTAIN intó Westminstre, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛖᛋᛏ-ᛗᚣᚾᛋᛏᛖᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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