Cynemæresford

Old English

Alternative forms

• Kynemǣresford

Etymology

From *Cynemǣre (an unattested personal name) +‎ -es (genitive marker) +‎ ford (“ford”)

Proper noun

Cynemǣresford m

1. Kempsford (a village and civil parish of Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom)
   • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     ⁊ þǣre ilcan dæġe rād Æþelmund ealdormann of Hwiċċum ofer æt Cynemǣresford. Ðā ġemette hine Wīhstān ealdormann mid Wilsǣtum, ⁊ þǣr wæs myċel ġefeoht, ⁊ þǣr bēġen ofsleġene wurdan þā ealdormenn, ⁊ Wilsǣte naman siġe.

     And on that same day Alderman Aethelmund rode from Hwicce to Kempsford. There he met Alderman Wihstan, who was with men of Wiltshire. And there was a great battle, and both aldermen were slain, and the men of Wiltshire won a victory.

Declension

Strong u-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	Cynemǣresford	—
accusative	Cynemǣresford	—
genitive	Cynemǣresforda	—
dative	Cynemǣresforda	—

Descendants

• English: Kempsford

References

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