Lindisfaran

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - lindisfaran

According to the Old English Dictionary:

Lindisfaran
l. Lindesfaran. Dele the bracket after ' Northumbria ', and add :-- Lindesfarona landes is syfan þúsend hýda mid hǽðfeldlande, C. D. B. i. 414, 17. Myrcna þeóde and Lindesfearena (-pharona, ), Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 350, 8. Myrcna mǽgþ and Middelengla and Lindesfarena (-farona, v. l.), Sch. 367, 7. Hé hine ásænde Myrceon tó biscope and Middelenglum and Lindesfarum, Shrn. 59, 14. [The form in the last passage in Dict. seems taken from Bede's Latin Life of Cuthbert: Insula Lindisfarnea, c. xvi. The same chapter has the form Lindisfarnensium insula.] lindisfaran

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