Exanceaster
Old English
Alternative forms
- Exanceaster, Eaxanċeaster, Eaxanceaster, Escanċeaster, Escanceaster
- Eaxeċester, Eaxecester, Eaxanċester, Eaxancester, Exaċester, Exacester, Exeċester, Execester, Exanċester, Exancester, Exċester
- (abbr): Exa, Exe, Eaxnc, Eaxcestr, Eaxa, Eaxc
Etymology
From Ex (“River Exe”) + ċeaster (“fortress, fortified town”), in some forms influenced by Latin Isca, both from Proto-Brythonic *Uɨsk.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈek.sɑnˌt͡ʃæ͜ɑs.ter/
Declension
Declension of Exanceaster (strong ō-stem)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Exanċeaster | — |
| accusative | Exanċeastre | — |
| genitive | Exanċeastre | — |
| dative | Exanċeastre | — |
Descendants
- Middle English: Exchestre
- English: Exeter
References
- Alfred Anscombe (1912), "The Names of Old-English Mint-Towns: Their Original Form and Meaning and Their Epigraphical Corruption", in the British Numismatic Journal, Vol. 9, pp. 113–114.
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “Exanċeaster”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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