cenningstow

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Old English

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Etymology

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From cenning +‎ stow.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈken.ninɡˌstoːw/, [ˈken.niŋɡˌstoːw]

Noun

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cenningstōw f

  1. birthplace
    • c. 992, Ælfric, "The Epiphany of the Lord"
      Þa tungel-witegan ferdon and hí gebædon, and ða Iudeiscan boceras bæftan belifon, þe þa cenningstowe þurh bóclic gescead gebícnodon.
      The astrologers went and worshipped, and the Jewish scribes remained behind, who had through book-knowledge pointed out the birthplace.

Declension

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References

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Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “cenningstōw”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.