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Crecca-gelád

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Crecca-gelád, Cre-gelád, e; f. [gelád a road, way: Flor. Criccelade: Hunt. Crikelade: Sim. Dun. Criccelad: Brom. Criklade]
CRICKLADE, Wiltshire; oppidi nomen in agro Wiltoniensi
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  • Hie hergodon ofer Mercna land óþ hie cómon to Creccageláde, and fóron ðǽr ofer Temese

    they harried over the Mercians' land until they came to Cricklade, and there they went over the Thames

    • Chr. 905
      • ;
    • Erl. 98, 15.

  • On ðissum geáre com Cnut mid his here ofer Temese into Myrcum æt Cregeláde

    in this year [A. D. 1016] Cnut came with his army over the Thames into Mercia at Cricklade,

    • 1016
      • ;
    • Erl. 153, 23.
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v.  Crac-gelád Cræcilád Creacc-gelád Creca-lád Cre-gelád Creocc-gelád Cric-gelád.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “Crecca-gelád.” 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/6690.

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