- Irish,
derived from the
Latin name. The
Latin Ebora****
became Anglian Eoforwic in the 7th century: a
compound of Eofor-, from the old name, and -wic,...
- took over the area and
adapted the name by folk
etymology to Old
English Eoforwīc or Eoforīc,
which means "wild-boar town" or "rich in wild-boar". The Vikings...
- was
taken by King Edwin, the city of Ebora****
became its capital, and
Eoforwic ("boar-place") was
taken by the Angles.
Archaeology suggests that the Anglian...
- open-air
parking area. "The
continuing education program of the
Royal City of
Eoforwic presents". Members.tripod.com.
Retrieved 2012-01-26.
Charles James (1802)...
- Évora in
Portugal and Newry,
Northern Ireland) via
Latin Ebura**** > OE
Eoforwīc (re-analysed by
English speakers as
eofor 'boar' with Old
English wic appended...
- July 2011.
Retrieved 24
November 2018. 'On þisum
geare com
Harold kyng of
Eoforwic to Westmynstre'
Boundary of
Westminster and
Chelsea 'The
parish of Chelsea:...
-
London (serving the
kingdoms of Mercia, the East Saxons, Kent) and York (
Eoforwic) (serving the
Kingdom of Northumbria).
Gipeswic (also in
other spellings...
-
legionary fortress of Ebora**** and
revived as the Anglo-Saxon
trading port of
Eoforwic.
During 867, the army
marched deep into
Mercia and
wintered in Nottingham...
- The name "York" is
derived from its
Latin name Ebora**** (via Old
English Eoforwic and then Old
Norse Jórvík),
apparently borrowed from
Brythonic Celtic *eborakon...
-
Cantwaraburh to Canterbury;
Dornwaracaster to Dorchester;
Eborakon (through
Eoforwīc and Jorvik) to York.
Conflation is
where two
similar elements of place...
