Concerning Some Scotch Surnames ...Edmonston and Douglas, 1860 - 69 pages |
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... Gaelic word , said to mean a dark grey man , but which never could be descriptive of a man at all - That the Forbeses were at first called For beast , because they killed a great bear- That Dalyell is from a Gaelic word , meaning , " I ...
... Gaelic word , said to mean a dark grey man , but which never could be descriptive of a man at all - That the Forbeses were at first called For beast , because they killed a great bear- That Dalyell is from a Gaelic word , meaning , " I ...
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... Gaelic etymons - Ross , which he derives from certain Irish soldiers called Rosii , who helped to resist the Romans — Caithness , from Cathus , insignis populi dux of the same age — all without foun- dation in chronicle or tradition ...
... Gaelic etymons - Ross , which he derives from certain Irish soldiers called Rosii , who helped to resist the Romans — Caithness , from Cathus , insignis populi dux of the same age — all without foun- dation in chronicle or tradition ...
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... Gaelic , but I presume only personal appellations , not family names , till some Highlander so distinguished for personal qualities came to settle among the sur- * Michael Scott , the wizard of Balwearie , was knighted by Alexander III ...
... Gaelic , but I presume only personal appellations , not family names , till some Highlander so distinguished for personal qualities came to settle among the sur- * Michael Scott , the wizard of Balwearie , was knighted by Alexander III ...
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... Gaelic ) , Greys , Browns , Reds ( Reids , Ruddimans ) , Greens . Blue is rare , and no man chooses to be yellow . Stark , and Stout , and Strong , and Strang , and * The Strangs of Balcaskie , in Fife , had sent an offshoot into Orkney ...
... Gaelic ) , Greys , Browns , Reds ( Reids , Ruddimans ) , Greens . Blue is rare , and no man chooses to be yellow . Stark , and Stout , and Strong , and Strang , and * The Strangs of Balcaskie , in Fife , had sent an offshoot into Orkney ...
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... Gaelic . * Amidst some business and bustle , there is still much leisure in our infant society ; and how can the long evenings by the winter fire be better whiled away when the wine gets sour , and chess and tables tedious - than in ...
... Gaelic . * Amidst some business and bustle , there is still much leisure in our infant society ; and how can the long evenings by the winter fire be better whiled away when the wine gets sour , and chess and tables tedious - than in ...
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Aberdeen adopted Alexander ancestor ancestral name ancient Andrews Angus antiquarian Baillie Balliol bearing became becomes John Berkelai Bruce Buchan burgh burghers Caithness called Camden Campbell Castle Celtic Chalmers church clan cloth cognizance common Concerning SOME SCOTCH COSMO INNES curious Dalyell Dempster descendants distinguished Dress Edinburgh England English extant fables family names Filk Fitz-Walter fixed surnames Forrest French Gaelic gave Geddes George Chalmers George Cowie glens Halkerston Hamilton hereditary Highland honour illustrious Irish John Reid King known Lady lands Lion Lord Advocate lords lordship Lothian Luncarty M'Intosh Merse Middle Ages mill Moor Moravias names derived Norman Places Normandy Normanvil origin parish patronymics perhaps persons poynctis Professor Innes records Saint Sanny Fite Scotch Burgh Scotch families Scotch Places Scotch shape Scotch Surnames Scotland Scottish history seneschal settled settlers Sheriff Smith spelling spelt territorial thir thirteenth century Thor took town University of Edinburgh Vesci Vipont Walter
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Page 31 - He needs must think of her once more, How in the grave she lies; And with his hard, rough hand he wipes A tear out of his eyes.
Page 31 - Are strong as iron bands. His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan; His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man.
Page 30 - Saltpetre." The chief artisan of the community is the Smith, a stalwart man, whose descendants are to increase and multiply till they replenish the earth. We must not quite take our idea of him from the modern attendant of the forge and anvil, nor even from Longfellow's fine portrait of the village blacksmith — " Under a spreading chestnut tree, The village smithy stands...
Page 24 - Englishman in apparel, and shaving of his beard above the mouth, should swear allegiance, and should take to him an English surname of a town, as Sutton, Chester, Trym, Skryne, Corke, Kinsale ; or colour, as White, Blacke; or arte or science, as Smith or Carpenter; or office, as Cooke or Butler, and that he and his issue should use the same.
Page 19 - booking' their fisher customers, invariably insert the nick-name or tee-name, and, in the case of married men, write down the wife's along with the husband's name. Unmarried debtors have the names of their parents inserted with their own. In the town-register of Peterhead these signatures occur: Elizabeth Taylor, spouse to John Thompson, Souples ; Agnes Farquhar, spouse to W.
Page 24 - to take to him an English surname of a town, as Sutton, Chester, Trym, Skryne, Corke, Kinsale ; or colour, as White, Blacke ; or arte or science, as Smith or Carpenter ; or office, as Cooke or Butler ; and that he and his issue should use the same.
Page 4 - Hrolf the Ganger." But whether in imitation of the Norman lords, or from the great convenience of the distinction, the use of fixed surnames arose in France about the year 1000; came into England sixty years later, or with the Norman Conquest; and reached Scotland, speaking roundly, about the year 1100. The first example of fixed surnames in any number in England, are to be found in the Conqueror's Valuation Book called Domesday. "Yet in England...
Page 4 - England, certaine it is, that as the better sort, euen from the Conquest, by little and little, took surnames, so they were not settled among the common people fully until about the time of King Edward the Second, but still varied according to the father's name...
Page 11 - Border minstrelsy, where they are not represented amiably, being of the unpopular, indeed, unpatriotic faction. The other names have either disappeared, or have suffered a change of a curious kind. The grand old Norman name of De Vesci is now Veitch. De Vere, once still greater, is with us Weir. De Montealto has come through several steps, till it has rested in the respectable but not illustrious name of Mowat. De Monte-fixo is Muschet. De Vallibus — De Vaux — De Vaus — by the simple blunder...
Page 20 - Buchan fishingvillages of the name of Alexander White. Meeting a girl, he asked: ' ' Could you tell me fa'r Sanny Fite lives ? ' 'Filk Sanny Fite?' 1 Muckle Sanny Fite.' 1 Filk muckle Sanny Fite?