Wætlingaceaster
Old English
Etymology
The second element is from ceaster (“city”),
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwæt.lin.ɡɑˌt͡ʃæ͜ɑs.ter/, [ˈwæt.liŋ.ɡɑˌt͡ʃæ͜ɑs.ter]
Proper noun
Wætlingaċeaster f
- St. Albans (cathedral city in Hertfordshire, England)
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “Wætlinga-ceaster”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.