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Ceaster
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ceaster
Old English
Etymology
From the common noun ang ċeaster, or directly from ang la castrum.
Proper noun
Ċeaster m
ang Chester city co/Cheshire cc/England
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
ang An. DCCCCLXIIII Hēr drǣfde Ēadgār cyng þā preostas on Ċeastre of ealdan mynstre, ⁊ nīwan mynstre, ⁊ of Ċeortesīġe, ⁊ of Middeltūne, ⁊ sette hȳ mid munecan, ⁊ hē sette Æðelgār abbod tō nīwan mynstre tō abbode, Ordbriht to Ċeortesīġe, ⁊ Cyneweard to Middeltūne. Year 964 In this year King Edgar drove the priests in Chester out of the old monastery and the new monastery, and out of Chertsey and Middleton and replaced them with monks. He appointed Abbot Athelgar as abbot of the new monastery, Ordbright as abbot of Chertsey, and Cyneweard as abbot of Middleton.
Declension
Ċeastr Ċeaster sg
Descendants
enm Chestre