Searoburg
Old English
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Alternative forms
- Searoburh (non-normalized)
Etymology
searu (“armor”) + burg (“fort”)
Proper noun
Searoburg f
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Searoburg | — |
| accusative | Searoburg | — |
| genitive | Searobyrġ | — |
| dative | Searobyrġ | — |
Descendants
- Middle English: Saresbury, Salesbiri, Salesbury, Sallesbury, Salisbiri, Salisburi, Salysbury, Sarrisbiri, Seresberi, Sereberi (Early Middle English)
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “Searu-burh”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.