Gleawceaster

Old English

Alternative forms

• Glǣaweċeaster, Glēawanċeaster, Glēawċester, Glēaweċeaster
• Gleweċeaster, Glewċester — late

Etymology

From Latin Glēvum +‎ ċeaster.

Proper noun

Glēawċeaster f

1. Gloucester
   • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     An. DCCCCXL Hēr Æþelstān cyning forþferde on Glēaweċestre...⁊ Æþelstān cyning ricsode XIIII ġēar ⁊ tēon wucan.

     Year 940 In this year King Athelstan died in Gloucester...he reigned for 14 years and ten weeks.

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	Glēawċeaster	—
accusative	Glēawċeastre	—
genitive	Glēawċeastre	—
dative	Glēawċeastre	—

Derived terms

• Glēawċeastersċīr

Descendants

• Middle English: Glowchestre
  • English: Gloucester

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “Glēawċeaster”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.