Eádes burh

Old English Dictionary Entry

Eádes burh

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 Eádes burh

gen. burge; dat. byrig; f. [Hunt. Edesbirh: Brom. Edesbury] EDDESBURY, Cheshire; loci nomen in agro Cestriensi :-- Æðelflǽd Myrcna hlǽfdige ða burh getimbrede æt Eádes byrig Æthelfled, lady of the Mercians, built the fortress at Eddesbury, Chr. 913; Th. 186, 30, col. 2. eades burh

Runic Inscription

ᛖᚪᛞᛖᛋ ᛒᚢᚱᚻ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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