Hrofesceaster

Old English Alternative forms ang Hrofċeaster Hroueċiester Rofesċeaster Rofeċeaster Roueċiester ang Hrofec̃. scribal abbreviation Etymology ang :bor<unc:1> la:Dorubrevis<ety:bor<cel-bry-pro:*Doruβrew<ety:af<*dor<ety:inh<cel-pro:*dwār>>><*brew<ety:inh<cel-pro:*briwā<unc:1>>>>>>> :influence ang:Hrof<alt:Hrofes> :influence ċeaster From ang Hrof Hrofes Hrof's see also ang hrof roof ċeaster fortified settlement, town; however, the first element may instead be a corruption of the earlier ang la - name la Dorubrevis,en 1980 Smith, Colin The Survival of Romano-British Toponymy Nomina 4 29 https://www.snsbi.org.uk/Nomina_articles/Nomina_04_Smith.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20260808080829/https://www.snsbi.org.uk/Nomina_articles/Nomina_04_Smith.pdf 8 August 2026 itself perhaps from ang cel-bry-pro *Doruβrewā, from cel-bry-pro *dor gate, door, from ang cel-pro *dwār, + cel-bry-pro *brew *brewā bridge, from ang cel-pro *briwā.en 1980 Rivet, A. L. F. Celtic Names and Roman Places Britannia 11 1 1–19 10.2307/525666 (However, this etymology is itself speculative as no known ang cel-bry or other Insular Celtic language attests a reflex of cel-pro *briwā.) Pronunciation Hrofesċeaster Proper noun Hrofesċeaster f Rochester, a town in England The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ang An. DCCXLI Hēr Æþelheard cing forðferde, ⁊ feng Cūþrēd tō Westseaxna rīċe, ⁊ heold XXVI wintra, ⁊ heardlīċe hē ġewann wiþ Æþelwald cing. ⁊ Cūþbriht wæs tō arċebisċeope ġehālgod, ⁊ Dunn bisċeop tō Hrofesċeastre. Year 741 In this year King Aethelhard died, and Cuthred ascended to the West Saxon throne. He held it for 26 years, and fought bravely against King Aethelwald. And Cuthbright was ordained archbishop, and Dunn ordained bishop of Rochester. Declension Hrofesċeastr Hrofesċeaster sg Descendants enm Rovescester en Rochester en Rossiter References ang terms suffixed with -ceaster ang Towns in Kent, England