Caunterbury

Middle English Alternative forms enm Canterbiri Canterburi Canterbury Cantirbery Canturbery Caunterbery Caunterbiri Caunturbiri Caunturbyry Caunterbiry Caunterburi Cauntirbury Cawnterbery Kanterburi Kaunterburi Kaunturbury enm Cauntelbury Cauntilburye with dissimilation of /r/ to /l/ Etymology From enm ang Cantwarbyriġ, late form of ang Cantwara byriġ, dative and genitive of ang Cantwara burg. The pronunciation with /au̯/ could just be analogy with variation between /au̯/ and /a/ in other words, but the influence of the lost /w/ in ang Cantwara byriġ is also possible. Such a development is also seen in enm aunswere, variant of enm answere answer; this is not a mere backspelling, as orthoepists commonly give pronunciations of en answer with reflexes of /au̯/ in the Early Modern English period.I 3.97 109II 62 557 Pronunciation enm /ˈkau̯ntərˌburiː/ /ˈkantərˌburiː/ /-ˌbɛriː/ /-ˌbiriː/ enm /ˈkau̯ntəl-/ /ˈkantəl-/ with dissimilation of /r/ to /l/ Proper noun enm proper noun enm cathedral city in modern co/Kent cc/England Canterbury X 17 78 full In sauacıoun of mannes soule seynte Thomas of Cant͛bury / Amonges vkynde crıſtene ın holy churche was slawe While saving people's souls Saint Thomas of Canterbury / was killed amongst impious Christians in a holy church Hg Prologue 2 https://viewer.library.wales/4628556#?#&cv=14&xywh=1710%2C2786%2C737%2C547 and specıallẏ from euerẏ shire' ende / Of Engelond to Caunterburẏ theẏ wende / The holẏ blıſful martır foꝛ to seke / That hem hath holpen whan þᵗ theẏ weere seeke and specially from every county's end / of England to Canterbury they went / to seek the holy blessed martyr / that had helped them when they were sick WM 482 Than ẜ Bedwere tolde the Ermyte all as ye haue harde tofore And ſo he be laffte wt the Ermyte that was before hande byſſhop of Caunturbyry. Then Sir Bedivere told the hermit everything that you've heard up to this point before he departed with the hermit, who was previously Bishop of Canterbury. Descendants en Canterbury obsolete en Cantelbury dum Cantelburch Cantellenborch 1 nl Kantelburg Kantelberg obsolete gmh Candelberc 1 de Kantelburg obsolete wlm Kawntlberi 1 References enm terms with quotations