Scrobbesburh

Old English

Etymology

From *sċrob (“shrub, scrub”) +‎ burh.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Sċrobbesburh f

1. Shrewsbury

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	Sċrobbesburh	—
accusative	Sċrobbesburh	—
genitive	Sċrobbesbyriġ	—
dative	Sċrobbesbyriġ	—

Derived terms

• Sċrobbesbyriġsċīr f (“Shropshire”)

Descendants

• Middle English:
  • English: Shrewsbury

References

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