After the Brythonic kingdom centred on Eboracum, which may have been called Ebrauc, was taken by King Edwin, the city of Eboracum became its capital, and Eoforwic ("boar-place") was taken by the Angles.
Despois de que o reino britón con centro en Eboracum, que pode que se chamase Ebrauc, fose tomado por Edwin, a cidade de Eboracum converteuse na súa capital e pasou a chamarse Eoforwic (o lugar do verrón) polos anglos.