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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.
AssistedbyGvtjA Harrison, formerlyofQueen's College, London
VOLUME TWO
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FORESPEECH
II.
Owing to theWar the Second Volumeof the Dictionaryhastaken
longer to complete than was anticipated when the FirstVolume was
issued. There is little to add to the preface toVol. 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 mewith theproof-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, paperhasnow
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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, denotingtheagent. Hundredorum (A.D. 1274).
anc. = anciently. Ir.= Irish.
app. = apparently. L.Ger. = LowGerman.
Aram. = Aramaic. L.Lat. = Low Latin, Late Latin (Post-
A.-Sax. = Anglo-Saxon or OldEnglish. classical).
asp. = aspirated. M.Dut. = MiddleDutch.
assim. = assimilated; assimilation. M.E. = Middle English(12th to ijlhcent.)
Bel. = Belonging. meton. = metonymic.
Bret. = Breton. M.H.Ger. = Middle High German (12th
Cal. Geneal.=CalendariumGenealogicum to 15thcent.)
Cal.(Itneqm.p.adHeq.n.DaImIIn..—E=dwC.alIe.)n.darium In- MM..INr..E=.M=idMdildedlIreisNho(r1t2htehrtnoEmnigdl.isih6.thcent.
quisitionum adquod Damnum (temp. M.Scot. = Middle Scottish.
Edw. II.—Hen. VI.). M.Wel. = Middle Welsh.
Cal. Inq. P.M. = Calendarium Inquisitio- Nat. Gaz. = NationalGazetteerofGt. Bri-
numPost Mortem (A.D. 1217-1485). tainandIreland, 12vols.,1868.
Cal.CRhota.rtCaharrutm.(=teCmapl.eJnodhanri—umEdRwo.tuIVl.o)r.um NN..EE..D.==NoNrtehwerEnngElngilsihshD.ictionary.
Cal. Rot.Orig. = Calendarium Rot—ulorum 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. = OldEnglish orAnglo-Saxon.
Celt. = Celtic. O.Fr. = Old French.
Cod. Dipl. = Cqdex Diplomaticus JEvi O.Fris. = OldFrisian.
Saxonici (Kemble). O.Gael. = Old Gaelic.
Cont. = Continental, O.H.Ger. = Old High German.
contr. = contraction. O.L.Ger. = Old LowGerman.
Corn. ='Cornish, O.Ir. = Old Irish.
corr. = corrupt(ion. O.N. = OldNorse or Icelandic.
Dan. = Danish. O.N.E. = OldNorthernEnglish.
Dan.-Norw. = Dano-Norwegian. O.S.E. = Old Southern English.
der. = derivative. O.Sax. = Old (Continental) Saxon.
Dial. = Dialect(al. O.Teut. = OldTeutonic.
dim. = diminutive(s. O.Wel. = OldWelsh.
Dipl. Angl. = Diplomatarium Anglicum Pari. Writs = Parliamentary Writs (A.D.
Dut.i=EviDuStacxho.nici (Thorpe). Pict.12=72P-i1c3t2i6s)h..
E.D.D.=Eiielish Dialect Dictionary. Plac. de Quo Warr. = Placita de Quo
EE..,EEnngg..==EEansgtleirsnh.English. Plac.WDarorma.nCtaop.(tWeemps.tmE.dw=.PlI.a,ciIIt.a,iInIID.)o.mo
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.
ffFi.ll.e=m=.frf=iolmia,Fl,lfesomornim-s.ehd,on. RSocta.nd1.2N0o0=r-m5S.^ca^=n^di1Rn4oa1t7vu)il-ain.Normanniae (A.D.
form. = formerly formative. 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.ofServ.=GreatInquest ofService var. = variant(s; variantly.
(A.D. 1212). Wei. = Welsh.
* = Notrecorded (Basedonanalogy).
Old English and OldNorse]>, «S = th
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