Streoneshealh
Old English
Etymology
By surface analysis, strēones (genitive of strēon (“treasure, power”)) + healh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstre͜oː.nes.xæ͜ɑlx/, [ˈstre͜oː.nes.hæ͜ɑɫx]
Proper noun
Strēoneshealh m
- Whitby (a town in North Yorkshire, England)
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
- ⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare forþferde Hild abbodesse on Strēonesheale.
- And in the same year Abbess Hild died in Whitby.
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Declension
Strong a-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Strēoneshealh | — |
| accusative | Strēoneshealh | — |
| genitive | Strēonesheales | — |
| dative | Strēonesheale | — |
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “Streónes-halh”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.