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Old English · proper noun

Hamtun

Normalised Hāmtūn

Part of speech
proper noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
Modern English
hamptontoponym

Meaning

  1. Hampton (English toponym)

    An. DCCXXXVII Hēr Wulfheard ealdorman ġefeaht æt Hāmtūne wið XXXIII sċiphlæsta...

    Year 837 In this year Alderman Wolfhard fought at Hampton against thirty-three shiploads of warriors...

    The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

Declension

Declension of Hamtun
Singular
Nominative Hāmtūn
Accusative Hāmtūn
Genitive Hāmtūnes
Dative Hāmtūne

All forms (3)

Etymology

hām (“home”) + tūn (“town”)

Descendants

hampton

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