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porlock

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Old English Portloc

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porlock · verb¹

See person from Porlock.

Porlock · proper noun²

Old English · inherited fromPortloc
English todayPorlock

From Old English Portloc, from port + loca, literally “harbour enclosure”.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.