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Surnames of the United Kingdom: a Concise Etymological Dictionary ^^'4. sH^lK (!|atnellltniuet;0itg ffiihtarg 3tt;aca, INem ^ack BOUGHT WITH THE INCOME OF THE SAGE ENDOWMENT FUND THE GIFT OF HENRY W. SAGE 1891 CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY 3 1924 092 512 635 Cornell University Library The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924092512635 SURNAMES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM SUENAMES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM: A CONCISE ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY BY HENRY HARRISON Author of "The Place-Names of the Liverpool District", "Lancashire Place-Names", "The Vernacular Form of Abjuration and Confession of Faith, &c.'', "Romancing about Names", "The Origin of Yanlcee", "Italian Onomatology", &c. Assisted by GvtjA Harrison, formerly of Queen's College, London VOLUME TWO LONDON The Mobland Press, Ltd., 190 Ebury Street, S.W.I 19]L8 LIST OF ORIGINAL SUBSCRIBERS Aberdeen Public Library (G. M. Fraser, Esq., Librarian). C. W. Adams, Esq., Haileybury College, Hertford. C. H. Bellamy, Esq., 7, Rue de I'Epidene, Tourcoing. James G. Bisset, Esq., 85, Broad Street, Aberdeen. Henry Brierley, Esq., 26, Swinley Road, Wigan. Brighton Public Library. The Right Rev. Bishop Browne, 2, Campden House Road, W.8. J. F. L. Brunner, Esq., M.P., 43, Harrington Gardens, S.W.7. A. C. Caldicott, Esq., Church House, Henley-in-Arden. G. P. Cardell, Esq., 21, Chorley New Road, Bolton. Miss D'Arcy, Spring Road, Abingdon. Major R. de S. Dudgeon, Bombay. W. H. Duignan, Esq., Gorway House, Walsall. William Ford Edgelow, Esq., Braddon Villa, Torquay. Frank Gallsworthy, Esq., Wellesley Buildings, Leeds. Guildhall Library (Bernard Kettle, Esq., Librarian), London. E. Hampden-Cooke, Esq., Barton-on-Humber. Rev. H. A. Harris, Thorndon Rectory, Eye. Norman P. JafFrey, Esq., Gorway House, Walsall. Lieut.- Colonel J. H. Leslie, 31, Kenwood Park Road, Sheffield. R. Mond, Esq., M.A., F.R.S.E., Combe Bank, Sevenoaks. William Morgan, Esq,, 53, Lucerne Road, Thornton Heath. Norwich Free Library. His Grace the Duke of Northumberland (J. C. Hodgson, Esq., Librarian). J. Pulsford, Esq., 80, Terminus Road, Eastbourne. Public Record Office, Chancery Lane, W.C.2. J. Reffitt-Oldfield, Esq., Over Woolacombe, N. Devon. F. Sadler, Esq., 201, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. Rev. C. P. Sheppard, Bourton, Dorset. F. R. Twemlow, Esq., Peatswood, Market Drayton. Rev. Geoffrey Egerton-Warburton, Warburton Rectory, Warrington. Rev. S. C. Wood, Stroxton, Grantham. Roland A. Wood-Seys, Esq., Sidmouth. The List of Subscribers had to be closed at an early period, as the Publisher found that the original subscription-price of £1 Is. Od. was inadequate owing to the cost of printing being considerably greater than had at first been anticipated ; but he has pleasure in stating that most of those above named have voluntarily paid an extra 10s. 6d. in addition to their original subscription. FORESPEECH II. Owing to the War the Second Volume of the Dictionary has taken longer to complete than was anticipated when the First Volume was issued. There is little to add to the preface to Vol. I. In February, 1917, I suffered a grievous loss by the death, after a long illness, of my wife GySa, only daughter of the late Professor F. S. Pulling, M.A. Oxon. During the past two years my friend Mr. A. A. Neil, M. A., Ph.D., has kindly helped me with the proof-reading. I should once again acknowledge my indebtedness to Mr. Edward Smith for the loan of his very useful MS. Index of Place-Names occurring in Dr. Birch's 'Gartularium Saxonicum.' This Index, with some re- vision, ought to be printed at the expense of the nation. I only regret that I had not the use of it for the early parts of the First Volume of the Dictionary. It has not been thought desirable, on consideration, to print the list of treatises quoted, promised in the first Forespeech. Such a list could have little intrinsic value ; and, in any case, paper has now to be economized. I wish, in conclusion, to express my thanks to Mr. Walter Bradley, Managing Director of the Morland Press, Ltd., for very valuable co- operation in various ways. Hy. Harrison. August 1918. ABBREVIATIONS, ETC. A.-Fr. = Anglo-French. Heb. = Hebrew. A.-Fr.-Lat. = ^^.nglo-French-Latin; Hund. Rolls = Hundred- Rolls or Rotuli agent. = agential, denoting the agent. Hundredorum (A.D. 1274). anc. = anciently. Ir. = Irish. app. = apparently. L.Ger. = Low German. Aram. = Aramaic. L.Lat. = Low Latin, Late Latin (Post- A.-Sax. = Anglo-Saxon or Old English. classical). asp. = aspirated. M.Dut. = Middle Dutch. assim. = assimilated; assimilation. M.E. = Middle English (12th to ijlh cent.) Bel. = Belonging. meton. = metonymic. Bret. = Breton. M.H.Ger. = Middle High German (12th Cal. Geneal. = Calendarium Genealogicum to 15th cent.) (temp. Hen. III.—Edw. I.). M.Ir. = Middle Irish (12th to mid. i6thcent. Cal. Inq. ad q. Damn. = Calendarium In- M.N.E. = Middle Northern English. quisitionum ad quod Damnum (temp. M.Scot. = Middle Scottish. Edw. II.—Hen. VI.). M.Wel. = Middle Welsh. Cal. Inq. P.M. = Calendarium Inquisitio- Nat. Gaz. = National Gazetteer of Gt. Bri- num Post Mortem (A.D. 1217-1485). tain and Ireland, 12 vols., 1868. Cal. Rot. Chart. = Calendarium Rotulorum N.E. = Northern English. Chartarum (temp. John —Edw. IV.). N.E.D. = New English Dictionary. Cal. Rot. Orig. = Calendarium Rotulorum N.Fr. = Northern French. Originalium (temp. Hen. III. — Edw. Norw. = Norwegian, III.). occ. = occasionally. Cart. Sax. = Cartulai'ium Saxonicum O.Bret. = Old Breton. (Birch). O.E. = Old English or Anglo-Saxon. Celt. = Celtic. O.Fr. = Old French. Cod. Dipl. = Cqdex Diplomaticus JEvi O.Fris. = Old Frisian. Saxonici (Kemble). O.Gael. = Old Gaelic. Cont. = Continental, O.H.Ger. = Old High German. contr. = contraction. O.L.Ger. = Old Low German. Corn. =' Cornish, O.Ir. = Old Irish. corr. = corrupt(ion. O.N. = Old Norse or Icelandic. Dan. = Danish. O.N.E. = Old Northern English. Dan.-Norw. = Dano-Norwegian. O.S.E. = Old Southern English. der. = derivative. O.Sax. = Old (Continental) Saxon. Dial. = Dialect(al. O.Teut. = Old Teutonic. dim. = diminutive(s. O.Wel. = Old Welsh. Dipl. Angl. = Diplomatarium Anglicum Pari. Writs = Parliamentary Writs (A.D. iEvi Saxonici (Thorpe). 1 272-1 326). Dut. = Dutch. Pict. = Pictish. E.D.D. =Eiielish Dialect Dictionary. Plac. de Quo Warr. = Placita de Quo E., Eng. = English. Warranto (temp. Edw. I., II., III.). E. Eng. = Eastern English. Plac. Dom. Cap. Westm. = Placita in Domo E. Fris. = East Frisian. Capitulari Westmonasteriensi (temp. E.M.E. = Early Middle English. Rich. I.-Edw. II.). E. Mod. E. = Early Modern English. plen. = plenary. f. = from, formed on. Rot. Norm. = Rotuli Normanniae (A.D. fil. = filial, son-. 1200-5 ^^^ 1417)- Flem. = Flemish, Scand. = Scandinavian. = formerly formative. form. ; Sem. = Semitic, Frank. = Frankish. s.n. = sub nomine. Fris. = Frisian. S.E. = Southern English. Gael. = Gaelic. S.Fr. = Southern French. Gaul. = Gaulish. Swed. = Swedish. Goth. = Gothic. Teut. = Teutonic, Gt. Inq. of Serv. = Great Inquest of Service var. = variant(s; variantly. (A.D. 1212). Wei. = Welsh. * = Not recorded (Based on analogy). Old English and Old Norse ]>, «S = th v»„ Z CONTENTS, VOLUME II. Page )f Original Subscribers ipeech II iviations, &c. 3 Smith's Poem on Surnames' vttt. Origin of our Surnames ... i. —XV ndexing of Surnames xvi. )nary of Surnames, M— 1— ological' Appendix of the Principal Foreign Names found Jritish Directories ... ... ..: 318—; dments and Additions 330—; — ; ;; ; SURNAMES [The following clever verses by James Smith, of ' Rejected Addresses ' fame, although they have more than once been printed, are worth reproducing here.] Men once were surnamed from their shape or estate, (You all may from History worm it) There was Lewis the Bulky, and Henry the Great, John Laekland, and Peter the Hermit. But now, when the door-plates of Misters and Dames Are read, each so constantly varies From the owner's trade, figure, and calling, Surnames Seem given by the rule of contraries. Mr. Box, though provoked, never doubles his fist, fuel Mr. Burns, in his grate, has no ; Mr. Playfair won't catch me at hazard or whist, Mr. Coward was winged in a duel. Mr. Wise is a dunce, Mr. King is a whig, Mr. Coffin's uncommonly sprightly, And huge Mr. Little broke down in a gig, While driving fat Mrs. Golightly. Mrs. Drinkwater's apt to indulge in a dram, Mrs. Angel's an absolute fury. And meek Mr. Lyon let fierce Mr. Lamb Tweak his nose in the lobby of Drury. At Bath, where the feeble go more than the stout, (A conduct well worthy ot Nero), Over poor Mr. Lightfoot, confined with the gout, Mr. Heaviside danced a"Bolero. -Miss Joy, wretched maid, when she chose Mr, Love, Found nothing but sorrow await her: She now holds in wedlock, as true as a dove. That fondest of mates, Mr. Hayter. Mr. Oldcastle dwells in a modern-built hut. Miss Sage is of madcaps the archest Of all the queer bachelors Cupid e'er cut. Old Mr. Younghusband's the starchest. Mr. Child, in a passion, knock'd down Mr. Rock, Mr. Stone like an aspen-leaf shivers rtiss Poole used to dance, but she stands Jike a stock since Ever she became Mrs. Rivers ; Mr. Swift hobbles onward, no mortal knows how. He moves as though cords had entwin'd him Mr. Metcalfe ran off, upon meeting a cow, With pale Mr. "Turnbull behind him. Mr. Barker's as mute as a fish in the sea, Mr. Miles never moves on a journey ; Mr. Gotobed sits up till half-after three, Mr. Makepeace was bred an attorney. Mr. Gardener can't tell a flower from a root, Mr. Wilde with timidity draws back, Mr. Ryder performs all his journeys on foot, Mr.
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