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The audience was made up of his workmates at the shipyard in hythe, hampshire, where he was an apprentice, and nerves got the better of him.— Daily Express News Feeds
Throng'd up the keel then Driven hard by the lift, and stood on the land Then speedy at holm was the hythe-warden yare E'en he who a long while after the lief men Eager at stream's side far off had looked To the sand thereon bound he the wide-fathom'd ship With anchor-bands fast, lest from them the waves' might The wood that was winsome should drive thence awayward Thereon bade he upbear the athelings' treasures 1920 The fretwork and wrought gold.— The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats
This is evidently more correct than the present spelling of the name, which is undoubtedly derived from Ham_, meaning in Saxon a town or dwelling, and Hythe or Hyde_, a haven or harbour, "therefore," says Faulkner, "Ham-hythe, a town with a harbour or creek Hammersmith is bounded on the south by Fulham and the river, on the west by Chiswick and Acton, and on the east by Kensington.— Hammersmith, Fulham and Putney The Fascination of London
At this time reigned Elmund king in Kent, the father of Egbert; and Egbert was the father of Athulf A.D. 785. This year died Bothwin, Abbot of Ripon, and a litigious synod was holden at Chalk-hythe; Archbishop Eanbert resigned some part of his bishopric, Hibbert was appointed bishop by King Offa, and Everth was consecrated king.— The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
And the wine-carts wend across the hythe.— The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale
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