Andefera
- noun [ masculine ]
Grammar
ANDOVER, a market town in the north west of Hampshire built on the east bank
of the river Ande or Anton; oppidum in agro Hamtunensi
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Hí ðá lǽddon Ánláf to Andeferan
they then led Anlaf to Andover,
- Chr. 994; Th. 242, 27, col. 1 ;
- Th. 243, 26, col. 1, 12, col. 2 .
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To Andefron,
- Th. 242, 26, col. 2.
[Dun. Andeafara: Kni. Andever.] About the year 1164
Simeon Durham writes it Andeafara = Ande-eá-fara a farer over
the river Ande, on the bank of which Andover is built, v. fara
a traveller, faran to go, travel, sail. From the
A. Sax.
of the MS. Cott. Tiber. B. IV. to Andefron, of Knighton
Andever, about 1395, and from the present name Andover = Ande + ófer,
another derivation maybe supposed, — Ande the river Ande, and
ófer; g. ófres; d. ófre; m. a margin,
bank, that is a town on the bank of the river Ande.
Entry information
Citation
Bosworth, Joseph. “Andefera.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/1678.
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