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Exanceaster
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Old English
Alternative forms
ang Exanceaster, ang Eaxanċeaster, ang Eaxanceaster, ang Escanċeaster, ang Escanceaster
ang Eaxeċester, ang Eaxecester, ang Eaxanċester, ang Eaxancester, ang Exaċester, ang Exacester, ang Exeċester, ang Execester, ang Exanċester, ang Exancester, ang Exċester
ang Exa, ang Exe, ang Eaxnc, ang Eaxcestr, ang Eaxa, ang Eaxc abbreviations
Etymology
From ang Ex River Exe ċeaster fortress, fortified town, in some forms influenced by ang la Isca, both from ang cel-bry-pro *Uɨsk.
Pronunciation
Exan-ċeaster
Proper noun
Exanċeaster n
ang cathedral city in modern co/Devon cc/England Exeter
Declension
Exanċeastr Exanċeaster sg
Descendants
enm Exchestre
en Exeter
References
Alfred Anscombe (1912), "The Names of Old-English Mint-Towns: Their Original Form and Meaning and Their Epigraphical Corruption", in the British Numismatic Journal, Vol. 9, pp. 113114.
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