cenningstow
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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.