-
Metodes mihte weorc Wuldorfæder; ēce Dryhten, Hē ǣrest gesceōp
heofon tō
hrōfe, ða middangeard, ēce Dryhten, fīrum foldan, / heofonrīces Weard, / and his...
- was
called Robrivis Cæster. Bede
mentions the city in c. 730 and
calls it
Hrofes cæster,
mistaking its
meaning as Hrofi's
fortified camp. From this came...
-
gihwaes eci
dryctin or astelidæ he
aerist scop
aelda barnum heben til
hrofe haleg scepen. tha
middungeard moncynnæs uard eci
dryctin æfter tiadæ...
- gihuaes, ēci
dryctin ōr āstelidæ hē ǣrist scōp
aelda barnum heben til
hrōfe, hāleg scepen. Thā
middungeard moncynnæs Uard, eci Dryctin, ...
- gihwaes, ēci
dryctin ‖ ōr āstelidæ hē ǣrist scōp ‖
aelda barnum heben til
hrōfe, ‖ hāleg scepen. Thā
middungeard ‖ moncynnæs Uard, eci Dryctin, ‖ æfter...
-
denum ond of dunum. Dæges mec wægun feþre on lifte,
feredon mid
liste under hrofes hleo. Hæleð mec siþþan baþedan in dydene. Nu ic eom
bindere ond swingere...
- down the name, c730,
mistaking its
meaning as "Hrofi's
fortified camp" (OE
Hrofes cæster). From this
comes c730 Hrofæscæstre, 811 Hrofescester, 1086 Rovescester...
