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Gleawceaster
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Old English
Alternative forms
ang Glǣaweċeaster Glēawanċeaster Glēawċester Glēaweċeaster
ang Gleweċeaster Glewċester late
Etymology
From ang Glēvum ċeaster la.
Proper noun
Glēawċeaster f
Gloucester
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
ang An. DCCCCXL Hēr Æþelstān cyning forþferde on Glēaweċestre...⁊ Æþelstān cyning ricsode XIIII ġēar ⁊ tēon wucan. Year 940 In this year King Athelstan died in Gloucester...he reigned for 14 years and ten weeks.
Declension
Glēawċeastr Glēawċeaster sg
Derived terms
ang Glēawċeastersċīr
Descendants
enm Glowchestre
en Gloucester
References
Glēawċeaster 017192
ang Cities in Gloucestershire, England