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West-mynster

  • noun [ neuter ]
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West-mynster, es; n. Westminster
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  • Hér forðférde Harold cyning, and hé wæs bebyrged æt Westmynstre,

      Chr. 1039; Erl. 167, 13.

  • Willelm com tó Westmynstre, and Ealdréd arcebiscop hine tó cynge gehálgode,

      1066; Erl. 203, 8.

  • Hér man wrǽgde ðone biscop Ægelríc and sende hine tó Westmynstre,

      1069; Erl. 207, 7.

  • Icc habbe gifen Sainte Petre intó Westminstre,

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 190, 12, 26.

  • Ða gebróðere on Westminstre,

      192, 5.

  • The word occurs often in charters of Edward the Confessor. The Latin form Westmonasterium is found in a doubtful charter of the reign: Locum qui dicitur Westmonasterium quod a tempore sancti Augustini institutum, multaque ueterum regum munificentia honoratum, propter uetustatem et frequentes bellorum tumultus pene uidebatur destructum,

      176, 1.
  • The place is mentioned in a (doubtful) charter of Offa of the year 785 : In loco terribili, quod dicitur æt Uuestmunstur, i. 180, 3.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “West-mynster.” 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/35462.

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