ceaster

To the name, thus distorted, our forefathers of course added the generic word for a Roman town, and so made the cumbrous title of Eoforwic-ceaster, which is the almost universal form in the earlier parts of the _English Chronicle_.

Science in Arcady Grant Allen 1873

"Chronicle" calls it Andredes-ceaster, that is to say, Anderida.

Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain Grant Allen 1873

(_Cantwaraburg_) and Rochester (_Hrofes ceaster_) were without doubt Roman places in spite of their English names.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various

(Hagene), Haldane (Haelfdene), Hastings (Haesten, the Danish chief who gave his name to Hastings, formerly Haestinga-ceaster), Herbert

The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley 1909

Didn't the Romans get their Venta Belgarum, which finally developed into Winta-ceaster and

Set in Silver 1901

Þæt wæs gēocor sīð, þæt se hearm-scaða tō Heorute ātēah: dryht-sele dynede, Denum eallum wearð, ceaster-būendum, cēnra gehwylcum,

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

-- With the pres.part. bûend are the compounds ceaster -, fold -, grund -, lond-bûend. bûgan, st. v., _to bend, to bow, to sink; to turn, to flee_: prs. sg.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

The foreign words in _Beówulf_ (as ceaster-here) are not numerous; others are (aside from proper names like _Cain, Abel_, etc.) deófol

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

The foreign words in _Bēowulf_ (as ceaster-here) are not numerous; others are (aside from proper names like _Cain, Abel_, etc.) dēofol

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

-- With the pres.part. būend are the compounds ceaster -, fold -, grund -, lond-būend. būgan, st. v., _to bend, to bow, to sink; to turn, to flee_: prs. sg.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879