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Lega-ceaster

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Lega-ceaster, e ; f.
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  • Hié gedydon on ánre wéstre ceastre on Wírhealum, seó is Legaceaster (Leg-, Liege-, Lige-,

    v. ll.

    ) geháten,
      Chr. 894; P. 88, 6.
  • Hé micele fyrd gelǽdde tó Legaceastre (Leige-,

    v. l. ad ciuitate Legionum, quae a gente Anglorum Legacaester, a Brettonibus autem rectius Carlegion appellatur ),

      Bd. 2, 2; Sch. 120, 5.
  • Hé lǽdde his ferde tó Legaceastre,

      Chr. 605 ; P. 23, 5.
  • Tó Legeceastre,

      1016; P. 147, 16: 1055; P. 186, 18.
  • Lægeceastre,

      972; P. 119, 10.
  • Ábúton Legceastre,

      1000; P. 133, 14.
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  • Lega-ceaster, n.