Ceaster-wara

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ceaster-wara

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words: l. ciuis

Definitions

1 ceaster-wara

m. A citizen :-- Se cyning wæs ceasterwara (cester-, ) gefremed þæs écan ríces, Bd. 3, 22; Sch. 293, 2. Þá earman ceasterwaran miseri ciues, 1, 12; Sch. 35, 12. Þá eádigan ceasterwaran (þǽre eádigan ceastre weras, ), Wlfst. 265, 11. Hé cwaeð tó ðám ceasterwarum: 'Gé Tharsysce ceasterwaran,' Ap. Th. 9, 23: 12, 19.

Runic Inscription

ᚳᛠᛋᛏᛖᚱ-ᚹᚪᚱᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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