cenningstow

Old English

Etymology

From cenning +‎ stow.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

Declension of cenningstōw (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	cenningstōw	cenningstōwa, cenningstōwe
accusative	cenningstōwe	cenningstōwa, cenningstōwe
genitive	cenningstōwe	cenningstōwa
dative	cenningstōwe	cenningstōwum

References

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