Scrobbesburh
Old English
editEtymology
editFrom *sċrob (“shrub, scrub”) + burh.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editSċrobbesburh f
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | Sċrobbesburh | — |
accusative | Sċrobbesburh | — |
genitive | Sċrobbesbyriġ | — |
dative | Sċrobbesbyriġ | — |
Derived terms
edit- Sċrobbesbyriġsċīr f (“Shropshire”)
Descendants
edit- Middle English:
- English: Shrewsbury
References
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “Sċrobbesburh”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.