Gleáw-ceaster

Old English Dictionary Entry

Gleáw-ceaster

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Gleáwan-ceaster, Gléu-cester, Gléw-cester, Gléwcester, Glóu-cester, Glówe-ceaster; Related words:

Definitions

1 Gleáw-ceaster

gen. dat. -ceastre GLOUCESTER, a county town in the west of England :-- Æþelfæd líð binnan Gleáwceastre Ethelfleda lies buried at Gloucester, Chr. 918; Erl. 109, 7. gleaw-ceaster

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛚᛖᚪᚹ-ᚳᛠᛋᛏᛖᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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