Lincolne

Middle English

Alternative forms

• Lincoln, Lyncole, Lyncoln, Lyncolne
• Lincol (Early Middle English)

Etymology

From Old English Lindcoln, Lindcylene, from Latin Lindum Colōnia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlinkəln(ə)/, /ˈlinkəl(ə)/

Proper noun

Lincolne

1. Lincoln (a city in Lincolnshire, England)
   • p. 1154, “AD 1137”, in Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (MS. Laud Misc. 636, continuation), Peterborough, folio 89, recto; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 2018 February 8:

     Þa þe kıng S[tephne] to engla[land] co[m] þa macod he hıſ gaderıng æt Oxenefoꝛd. ⁊ þar he na[m] þe b[ıſcop] Roger of Sereb[er]ı ⁊ Alex[ander] b[ıſcop] of lıncol ⁊ te canceler Rog[er] hıſe neueſ. ⁊ dıde ælle ın p[ꝛı]ſun. tıl hı ıafen up here caſtleſ.

     When King Stephen came to England, he held his assembly at Oxford; there he arrested Roger, the Bishop of Salisbury and Alexander, the Bishop of Lincoln and Roger the Chancellor, his nephews, and put them all in prison until they gave up their castles.

Related terms

• Lincolneschire

Descendants

• English: Lincoln
• → Old French: Lincole, Nicole, Nichole
  • → Old Italian: Niccola
• → Medieval Latin: Lincolnia