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Cealchyþ
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Old English
Chelsea, London
Etymology
From ang ċealc chalk hȳþ harbor
Proper noun
Ċealchȳþ f
ang settlement in the hundred of div/Ossulstone co/Middlesex cc/England Chelsea 785
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
ang An. DCCLXXXV Hēr wæs ġeflitfullīċ seonoð æt Ċealchȳþe, and Ēanbriht arċebisċeop forlēt sumne dǣl his bisċeopdōmes, ⁊ frām Offan cinge Hiġebriht wæs ġecoren, ⁊ Eċġferð tō cininge ġehalgod. Year 785 In this year there was a contentious synod in Chelsea, and Archbishop Jænberht gave up some a part of his bishopdom, and Hygeberht was chosen by King Offa, and Ecgfriþ was consecrated king.
Declension
Ċealchȳþ sg