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Old English
Etymology
From Latin castra (“camp”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ċeaster f
- fortress, fort
- fortified settlement, town, city
- late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
Swylċe ēac þissum tīdum cōm myċel hungor on Constantinopolim Crēca ealdorburh: ⁊ sōna wōl was æfterfyliġende. Ġe ēac moniġe weallas mid seofon ⁊ fīfteġum tōrran ġehruron ⁊ ġefeollan ⁊ swylċe ēac moniġe ōðre ċeastre tōhrorene wǣron.- And also at this time there was a great famine in the Greek metropolis of Constantinople; and a plague followed immediately after. Also many walls with fifty-seven towers fell and collapsed and many other cities fell to ruin.
Declension
Declension of ċeaster (strong ō-stem)
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