Portesmuðan

Old English Etymology From ang port<t:port> mūð<t:mouth>. Pronunciation Portesmūðan Proper noun ang proper noun form Portesmūðan 1 ang Portesmūða acc//gen//dat circa 1121–1140, Peterborough Chronicle, anno 1101, folio 74ʳ [transliterated text]: ang Ðaꞇo mıꝺꝺe ſumeꞃan ꝼeꞃꝺe ſe cẏnᵹ úꞇ ꞇo peꝼeneſǽ mıꝺ eall hıſ ꝼẏꞃꝺe ꞇo ᵹeaneſ hıſ bꞃoðeꞃ ⁊ hıꞅ þæꞃ abáꝺ. ac on manᵹ þıſon cō ſe eoꞃl ꞃotƀꞇ up æꞇ poꞃꞇeſ muðan ·xıı· nıhꞇan ꞇoꝼoꞃan hlaꝼmæꞅꞅan· Ða to midde sumeran ferde se cyng út to Pefenesǽ mid eall his fyrde to geanes his broðer ⁊ his þær abád. ac on mang þison com se eorl Rotbert up æt Portes muðan ·xii· nihtan toforan Hlafmæssan. From then until the midsummer, the king rode out to Pevensey with all of his army and again his brother, too & there he waited. But on that moment came up the earl Rotbert from Portsmouth ·xii· the day before, the Lammas Day.