ceaster

ceaster: f (ceastre/ceastra) 1. a city, fort, castle, town; used as a general term, or applied to foreign towns; 1a. ² used of heaven, heaven; 1b. ² used of hell, hell; 2. n (ceastres/-) a city, etc., used of places in England; Exan\ceaster Exeter; 3. the name of a particular place, as Chester, Castor, the city;

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Ceaster — A fort or castle. The word was used of old Roman fortified towns, becoming the suffix in placenames derived from the Latin castra = a fort. It is found in many names today ending in chester or caster … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
ceasteræsc — m ( es/ as) black hellebore; [helleborus niger] … Old to modern English dictionary
ceaster — city … The Old English to English
Hrof's Ceaster — Hrof s Ceaster, s. Rochester 1) (Stadt) … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Acemannes ceaster — f ( ceastre/ ceastra) Bath, Somersetshire; [Akemann s Chester] … Old to modern English dictionary
Acsan ceaster — f ( ceastre/ ceastra) Exeter, Devon … Old to modern English dictionary
Andredes ceaster — f ( ceastre/ ceastra) the Roman station or city of Andred, Pevensey, or Pemsey Castle, Sussex … Old to modern English dictionary
Cealca ceaster — f (ceastre/ceastra) the chalk city; Camden thinks it is Tadcaster, in Yorkshire … Old to modern English dictionary
Dornwara ceaster — f ( ceastre/ ceastra) Dorchester, the chief town of Dorsetshire [the city of the inhabitants of Dorsetshire] … Old to modern English dictionary
Eaxan ceaster — f ( ceastre/ ceastra) Exeter, Devon … Old to modern English dictionary

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