Suþhamtun
Old English
Etymology
sūþ (“south”) + Hāmtūn (“Hampton”)
Proper noun
Sūþhāmtūn m
- Southampton
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
- An. DCCCC.LXXX Hēr on þys ġēare wæs Æþelgār abbod tō bisċeope ġehālgod...tō þām bisċeopstōle æt Seolesīġġe. ⁊ on þām ylcan ġēare wæs Sūðhāmtūn forhergod fram sċipheriġe, ⁊ sēo burhwaru mǣst ofsleġen ⁊ ġehæft. ⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare wæs Tenetland ġehergod. ⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare wæs Leġeċeastersċīr ġehergod fram norð sċiphere.
- Year 970 In this year Abbod Ethelgar was ordained bishop of the diocese at Selsey. And in the same year, Southhampton was plundered by a fleet, and most of the citizenry was slain or taken captive. And in the same year, Thanet was ravaged. And in the same year, Cheshire was ravaged by a northern fleet.
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Declension
Strong a-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Sūþhāmtūn | — |
| accusative | Sūþhāmtūn | — |
| genitive | Sūþhāmtūnes | — |
| dative | Sūþhāmtūne | — |
References
- Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “Sūþhāmtūn”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.