Ceolburg
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From ċēol (“ship”) + burg (“fortification”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃe͜oːl.burɡ/, [ˈt͡ʃe͜oːɫ.burˠɣ]
Proper noun
Ċēolburg f
- a female given name
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
- An.DCCV Hēr Cūþrēd cyning forþferde on Cantwarum, ⁊ Ċēolburg abbudesse, ⁊ Hēabryht aldormon.
- Year 805 In this year King Cuthred died in Kent, as did Abbess Ceolburg and Alderman Highbright.
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
References
- Okasha, Elisabeth (2011), Story, Joanna, editor, Women’s Names in Old English (Studies in Early Medieval Britian), Farnham; Burlington: Ashgate Publishing Limited, →ISBN, page 27
- Electronic Sawyer S 135 (Latin) (Offa, king of Mercia, to Crowland Abbey; grant of privileges), Mentioned as "Ceolburga"