Middeltun

Old English

Etymology

From middel (“middle”) +‎ tūn (“town”)

Proper noun

Middeltūn n

  1. Middleton, the name of several locations in England
    • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
      An. DCCCCLXIIII Hēr drǣfde Ēadgār cyng þā preostas on Ċeastre of ealdan mynstre, ⁊ nīwan mynstre, ⁊ of Ċeortesīġe, ⁊ of Middeltūne, ⁊ sette hȳ mid munecan, ⁊ hē sette Æðelgār abbod tō nīwan mynstre tō abbode, Ordbriht to Ċeortesīġe, ⁊ Cyneweard tō Middeltūne.
      Year 964 In this year King Edgar drove the priests in Chester out of the old monastery and the new monastery, and out of Chertsey and Middleton and replaced them with monks. He appointed Abbot Athelgar as abbot of the new monastery, Ordbright as abbot of Chertsey, and Cyneweard as abbot of Middleton.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative Middeltūn —
accusative Middeltūn —
genitive Middeltūnes —
dative Middeltūne —

Descendants

  • English: Middleton
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