Suþrigea

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Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From sūþ, sūþerne (south, southern) +‎ -ġe (district, region)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsuːθ.riː.jæ͜ɑ/,

Proper noun

Sūþrīġea m

  1. Surrey, a region of England
    • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
      An. DCCXXII Hēr Æþelburh cwēn tōwearp Tantūn þe Īne ǣr timbrede ⁊ Ealdbriht wræċċa ġewāt on Sūþrīġe ⁊ on Sūþseaxe ⁊ Īne ġefeaht wiþ Suðseaxan.
      Year 722 In this year Queen Aethelburg destroyed Taunton, which Ine had previously built, and the wretch Ealdbright fled to Surrey and Sussex, and Ine fought against the South Saxons.

Declension

singular plural
nominative Sūþrīġea Sūþrīġean
accusative Sūþrīġean Sūþrīġean
genitive Sūþrīġean Sūþrīġena
dative Sūþrīġean Sūþrīġum

Descendants

  • English: Surrey