Cantebrigge

Middle English Alternative forms enm Cantebrige Cantebrygge Cauntebrigge enm Cambrigge Cambryge Cambrygge Caumbrigge Caumbrygge especially late enm Cantebregge London; enm Cambrugge Grantebrugge SWM Etymology enm ang Grantanbryċġ, possibly influenced by enm xno Cantebrige, xno Cauntebrige, with the Anglo-Norman development of /a/ to /au̯/ before nasals and a loss of /r/ and alteration of initial /ɡ/ presumably attributable to dissimilation and interpretation of English devoiced [ɡ̊] as unaspirated [k˭] respectively, though mistaken association with xno Cante Kent or xno Cantorbire Canterbury is also possible. enm Cante brigge river Cam bridge. Pronunciation enm /ˈkant(ə)ˌbrid͡ʒ(ə)/ /ˈkau̯nt(ə)ˌbrid͡ʒ(ə)/ enm /ˈkamˌbrid͡ʒ(ə)/ /ˈkau̯mˌbrid͡ʒ(ə)/ /ˈkaːmˌbrid͡ʒ(ə)/ syncopic Proper noun enm proper noun enm city in co/Cambridgeshire cc/England Cambridge Hg Reeve's Tale 51 https://viewer.library.wales/4628556#?#&cv=112 At Trompẏngton / nat fer fro Cantebrẏgge / Ther gooth a brook / and ouer that a brẏgge At Trumpington, not far from Cambridge, / There goes a brook, and over it a bridge. Related terms enm Cante enm Cantebriggeschire Descendants en Cambridge en Cam 1 la-med Cantabrigia 1