 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....  Concerning Some Scotch Surnames ... - Page 11by Cosmo Innes - 1860 - 69 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Hill - 1869 - 536 pages
...unpopular, indeed, unpatriotic faction. The other names have either disappeared, or have suffered a c'lange of a curious kind. The grand old Norman name of De...rested in the respectable but not illustrious name of Mtrwat. De Monte-fixo is Muschet. De Vallibus — De Vanx — De Vaus — by the simple blunder of... | |
 | Jan De Clercq, Piet Desmet - 1994 - 524 pages
...(5°) Élaboration d'étymologies patronymiques valables jusque dans leur application littéraire: "The grand old Norman name of De Vesci is now Veitch. (...) De Limessay, which is inferior to none of them, has become Lindsay. (...) In fine, who could recognise... | |
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