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Eoforwic
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Old English
Alternative forms
ang Eoferwīċ Ēorwīċ Euerwīċ
Etymology
ang York :der la:Eborācum<id:York>
A folk-etymological alteration, based on ang eofor boar and the common placename suffix ang wīc village, of the earlier ang la Eborācum, from pre-ang cel-bry cel-pro *Eborākom, from ang cel-pro *eburos yew-tree (compare cy efwr, br evor).
Pronunciation
Eofor-wīc
Proper noun
Eoforwīc n
York
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
ang Hīe restaþ begen on Eoferwīc ċeastre on ānum portice. They both lie in a portico in York.
Declension
Irregular Eoforwīc, Eoforwīċ — Eoforwīc, Eoforwīċ — Eoforwīc, Eoforwīċ — Eoforwīc, Eoforwīċ —
Derived terms
ang Eoforwīcċeaster York
ang Eoforwīcsċīr Yorkshire
Descendants
enm Everwik
non Jórvík 1
ang Cities in North Yorkshire, England