Hamtunscir

From Hāmtūn +‎ sċīr.

Hāmtūnsċīr f

1. Hampshire
   • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     An. DCCCLX Hēr Aþelbald cing forðferde ⁊ his līc līð on Sċīrburnan, ⁊ feng Æþelbriht tō ealle þām rīce his brōðor, ⁊ hē hit heold on gōdre ġeþwærnesse, ⁊ his dæġe cōm myċel sċiphere upp ⁊ ābrǣcan Wintanċeaster ⁊ wið þone here ġefuhtan Wulfheard ealderman mid Hāmtūnsċīre, Æþelwulf ealderman mid Bearrocsċīre, ⁊ þone here ġeflȳmdan...

     Year 860 In this year King Athelbald passed away, and is body lies in Sherbourne. Athelbright took hold over the entire kingdom of his brother in a time of good peace, but in his day a great fleet came up and attacked Winchester. Alderman Wulfheard fought against the fleet with Hampshire and Alderman Athelwulf with Berkshire, and the fleet was put to flight...

Strong ō-stem:

• Middle English: Hampteschire, Hampschire, Hamptschire, Hamptshyre
  • English: Hampshire; Hamptonshire (remodelled after Southhampton or Old English Hāmtūnsċir)
  • → Old French: Hamtesire

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “Hāmtūnsċīr”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.