cenningstow
Old English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cenningstōw f
- birthplace
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Epiphany of the Lord"
- Þa tungel-witegan ferdon and hí gebædon, and ða Iudeiscan boceras bæftan belifon, þe þa cenningstowe þurh bóclic gescead gebícnodon.
- The astrologers went and worshipped, and the Jewish scribes remained behind, who had through book-knowledge pointed out the birthplace.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Epiphany of the Lord"
Declension edit
Declension of cenningstow (strong ō-stem)
References edit
Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “cenningstōw”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.