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Bederices weorþ

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Bederices weorþ, es ; m. [Bederices Bederic's, weorþ worth, town, or residence]
Bederic's worth or town, so called because the manor formerly belonged to Bederic, who bequeathed it to Edmund the king and martyr, hence it was subsequently called Eádmundes burh, St. Edmund's bury On Bedericeswyrþe at Bedericsworth, Will 23 ; Th. Diplm. A. D. 970; 517, 26. At an earlier date, in A. D. 958, Ælfgar records,
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  • Ic an ðat lond into Beodricheswrþe to Seynt Eádmundes stówe

    I give the land at Bedericsworth to St. Edmund's place,

    • Th. Diplm. 506, 12
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v. Eádmundes burh.
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