Etymology

Glastonbury

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Today it means: A town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST5039). Full definition →

Old English Glæstingaburg
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  1. Old English · derived frombyrg“fort”
  2. Old English · inherited fromGlæstingaburg
  3. English todayGlastonbury

From Middle English Glastingaburghe, from Old English Glæstingaburg, "the fortified place of the Glæstingas", from *Glæstinga (the people of Glastonia) + Old English byrg (“fort”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishbyrg all →

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