Saresbury

Middle English Alternative forms enm Salesbiri Salesbury Sallesbury Salisbiri Salisburi Salysbury Sarrisbiri enm Seresberi Sereberi early Etymology From enm ang *Searesbyriġ, dative and genitive of ang *Searesburh, alternative form of ang Searoburg (which some early forms originate directly from), from ang searu burg armour fort 1 as a folk-etymological reinterpretation of enm la Sorviodūnum, la Sorbiodōnum. Pronunciation enm /ˈsar(ə)sˌburiː/ /ˈsal(ə)sˌburiː/ /-ˌbɛriː/ /-ˌbiriː/ Proper noun enm proper noun enm former city co/Wiltshire cc/England Old Sarum c 1137 89 Þa þe kıng S[tephne] to engla[land] co[m] þa macod he hıſ gaderıng æt Oxenefoꝛd. ⁊ þar he na[m] þe b[ıſcop] Roger of Sereb[er]ı ⁊ Alex[ander] b[ıſcop] of lıncol ⁊ te canceler Rog[er] hıſe neueſ. ⁊ dıde ælle ın p[ꝛı]ſun. tıl hı ıafen up here caſtleſ. When King Stephen came to England, he held his assembly at Oxford; there he arrested Roger, the Bishop of Salisbury, and Alexander, the Bishop of Lincoln andRoger the Chancellor, his nephews, and put them all in prison until they gave up their castles. enm cathedral city co/Wiltshire cc/England Salisbury Descendants en Salisbury la Sarisberia ; Sarum 1 from the abbreviation la Sar' fro Salebire Salesbire 1