ceaster

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin castra (“camp”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃæ͜ɑs.ter/

Noun

ċeaster f

fortress, fort
fortified settlement, town, city
- late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
  Swylċe ēac þissum tīdum cōm myċel hungor on Constantinopolim Crēca ealdorburh: ⁊ sōna wōl was æfterfyliġende. Ġe ēac moniġe weallas mid seofon ⁊ fīfteġum tōrran ġehruron ⁊ ġefeollan ⁊ swylċe ēac moniġe ōðre ċeastre tōhrorene wǣron.
  And also at this time there was a great famine in the Greek metropolis of Constantinople; and a plague followed immediately after. Also many walls with fifty-seven towers fell and collapsed and many other cities fell to ruin.

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ċeaster	ċeastra, ċeastre
accusative	ċeastre	ċeastra, ċeastre
genitive	ċeastre	ċeastra
dative	ċeastre	ċeastrum

Synonyms

burg

Derived terms

Andredesċeaster (“Anderitum”)
Baþanċeaster (“Bath”)
ċeasterbūend (“city dweller”)
Ċeastersċīr (“Cheshire”)
ċeasterwara (“citizen”)
Ċirenċeaster (“Cirencester”)
Ċisseċeaster (“Chichester”)
Colneċeaster (“Colchester”)
Dorceċeaster (“Dorchester on Thames”)
Dornwaraċeaster (“Dorchester”)
Dorwitċeaster (“Canterbury”)
Eoforwīcċeaster (“Exeter”)
Exanċeaster (“Exeter”)
Glēawċeaster (“Gloucester”)
Glēawċeastersċīr (“Gloucestershire”)
Grantaċeaster (“Grantchester”)
Hrofesċeaster (“Rochester”)
Legaċeaster (“Chester”)
Legaċeastersċīr (“Cheshire”)
Ligoraċeaster (“Leicester”)
Lundenċeaster (“London”)
Mameċeaster (“Manchester”)
nēahċeaster (“neighboring city”)
sǣċeaster (“maritime town”)
Tōfeċeaster (“Towcester”)
Wætlingaċeaster (“St. Alban's”)
Weogornaċeaster (“Worcester”)
Wintanċeaster (“Winchester”)

Descendants

English: Chester; (in placenames) -chester, -cester, -caster