Centrice

Old English

Etymology

From Cent (“Kent”) +‎ rīċe (“kingdom”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkentˌriː.t͡ʃe/

Proper noun

Centrīċe n

1. the kingdom of Kent
   • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

     Đa was on þā tīd Æðelbyrht cyning hāten on Centrīċe, ⁊ mihtiġ: hē hæfde rīċe ōð ġemæro Humbre strēames, sē tōsċēadeð sūðfolce Angelþēode ⁊ nordfolc.

     At that time the powerful Athelbert was king of the kingdom of Kent; his authority extended to the boundary of the Humber, which divides the southern English from the northern English.

Declension

Strong ja-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	Centrīċe	—
accusative	Centrīċe	—
genitive	Centrīċes	—
dative	Centrīċe	—

References

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