Dornwara ceaster
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - dornwara ceaster
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- 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.