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Cantware
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Old English
Alternative forms
ang Cantuare
Etymology
From ang Cent ware.
Pronunciation
Cant-ware
Proper noun
m-p
the people of Kent
Laws of Hlothhere of Kent Hlothhere and Eadric of Kent Eadric
ang Ġif Cantwara æniġ in Lundenwīċ fēoh ġebyċġe, hæbbe him tweġen oððe ðrēo unfācne ċeorlas tō ġewitnesse oþþe cyninges wīcġerēfan. If any person of Kent buys property in London, he should have two or three trustworthy men or the king's reeve, as a witness.
Kent
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Manuscript A, year 488
ang Hēr Æsċ fēng tō rīċe, and wæs þrēo and twēntiġ wintra Cantwara cyning. In this year Ash came to the throne, and he was the king of Kent for 23 years.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
ang An. DCCLXXIII Hēr ōþēowde rēad Crīstes mǣl on heofonum æfter sunnan setlgange. ⁊ þȳ ġēare ġefuhtan Myrċe ⁊ Cantware æt Ottanforda. Year 773 In this year a red crucifix appeared in the heavens after the setting of the sun. And in that year, Mercia and Kent fought at Otford.
Declension
strong i-stem Cantware Cantware Cantwara Cantwarum
Derived terms
ang Cantwara burg
Descendants
enm Kent-wærre
enm Kent ers *Kenters 1 1 pl
en Kenter
ang i-stem nouns
ang Demonyms