Scrobbesburh

Old English

Etymology

From *sċrob (“shrub, scrub”) +‎ burh.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃrob.besˌburx/, [ˈʃrob.bezˌburˠx]

Proper noun

Sċrobbesburh f

Shrewsbury

Declension

Declension of Scrobbesburh

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	Sċrobbesburh	—
accusative	Sċrobbesburh	—
genitive	Sċrobbesbyriġ	—
dative	Sċrobbesbyriġ	—

Derived terms

Sċrobbesbyriġsċīr f (“Shropshire”)

Descendants

Middle English:
- English: Shrewsbury

References

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

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