Weogornaceaster
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From *Weogor(e)na, genitive form of a pre-English tribal name *Weogoran + ċeaster. Thus, “fort of the Weogoran”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwe͜o.ɡor.nɑˌt͡ʃæ͜ɑs.ter/, [ˈwe͜o.ɣorˠ.nɑˌt͡ʃæ͜ɑs.ter]
Proper noun
Weogornaċeaster f
- Worcester (a town in Worcestershire, England)
Declension
Strong ō-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Weogornaċeaster | — |
| accusative | Weogornaċeastre | — |
| genitive | Weogornaċeastre | — |
| dative | Weogornaċeastre | — |
Derived terms
References
- Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “Weogorna-ceaster”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Ekwall, Eilert (1947), The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names[1], 3rd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 508 f.