Saresbury
Middle English
Alternative forms
- Salesbiri, Salesbury, Sallesbury, Salisbiri, Salisburi, Salysbury, Sarrisbiri
- Seresberi, Sereberi (Early Middle English)
Etymology
From Old English *Searesbyriġ, dative and genitive of *Searesburh, alternative form of Searoburg (which some early forms originate directly from), from searu (“armour”) + burg (“fort”) as a folk-etymological reinterpretation of Latin Sorviodūnum, Sorbiodōnum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsar(ə)sˌburiː/, /ˈsal(ə)sˌburiː/, /-ˌbɛriː/, /-ˌbiriː/
Proper noun
Saresbury
- Old Sarum (a former city in Wiltshire, England)
- p. 1154, “AD 1137”, in Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (MS. Laud Misc. 636, continuation), Peterborough, folio 89, recto; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 2018 February 8:
- Þa þe kıng S[tephne] to engla[land] co[m] þa macod he hıſ gaderıng æt Oxenefoꝛd. ⁊ þar he na[m] þe b[ıſcop] Roger of Sereb[er]ı ⁊ Alex[ander] b[ıſcop] of lıncol ⁊ te canceler Rog[er] hıſe neueſ. ⁊ dıde ælle ın p[ꝛı]ſun. tıl hı ıafen up here caſtleſ.
- When King Stephen came to England, he held his assembly at Oxford; there he arrested Roger, the Bishop of Salisbury, and Alexander, the Bishop of Lincoln andRoger the Chancellor, his nephews, and put them all in prison until they gave up their castles.
- Salisbury (a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England)