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

1. Whitby (a town in North Yorkshire, England)
   • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     ⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare forþferde Hild abbodesse on Strēonesheale.

     And in the same year died Hild, abbess of Whitby.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	Strēoneshealh	—
accusative	Strēoneshealh	—
genitive	Strēonesheales	—
dative	Strēonesheale	—

References

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