The Hawaiian gazette., 1885-09-30

Seward-A series Of rames, scuse Of thea
Connected with tue heroic aud Legendary lors
VI NortherG Europe, we're formed from lh,
roo; sig -eonqGest. Many Of these main.
tanned position as personal Raa-es. Our
Seward, Seward ard Sawaris represen, The
chief OF these.
Sisson-Fron Cieeley, being introduced in
to England Al the tine of the conquest, in IN,
vers u If cecile, daughter Of William |. I,
all the ballads &c the seventeenth century, o.
the other hand, it is always sis" ''siss'
or ''sys:"
Long Aaye lived a SseAelor's life
But u@~ welld tain have wife.
Either Deli hAie, Sis or Nay.
Our Sissons. Sysons and Sissstsors are o.
course but the offspring Of this pretty sppella-
tive.
Slade-ocr Slade represents the de Ia
SHADES" Of the Hundred Rolls \ 'slade'
Was strip Of green plain within woodland
SPencer-Our Speneers, abbreviated fruu
''dispenceE, had an important eharge-iha
Of the battery or spence. Chaueer says;
Auviaolsat a. eO,el ii the spence
ST. John lpruHgunced sinchinl From ID,
saint Of Ehai name. Other names beginning
with the "S,,' are thus derived.
Skinner-Of the more general manufacture
Of hides we have numerous relics; indeed, We
are at once introduced into tue miLs, Of =
Ihruns Of Iradesmen, the very list Of which
proves the then important character OF III,
article on which they spent their energies
such names - "Jorian lie Tannur" aud
Richard e Skyuuere."
Sqnire-0ur Squiers, Sluires, Swiers CT
S~ires carry Us, a. does the now meaningless
esquire, to the IIme when the sons Of thoss
Knights bore, IS the name implies, theii
shields.
mt ANpu.
Taylor-FrUH tailor.
renHy,0H-A corruption from Denis, from.
which sprahs DenIsnn. II cannot bot think
that 'Tehison' ~ 'Teuuys0u' is bu, eorrup,iou
OF 'Dvunisun.
Thsekeray From ''thacker," a thatcher.
TiiiiHsn-' A. s.,ily dawn wuuld issue forth
our 'iillYers.' Or 'iillman. to help cleave the
tuTruw.
T"~u-end The meu who lived at the ead
OF the trUn, in The suburbs. There is an engr,
rs ''Rnbert Wuh0uteH-IaSn," name xhici
Mr.. Moss says, IL still IN use in Cdmber.r IN
and Wssiulore Land. The expression To signii,
the place ii residence OF SICK al TOWNSEND
il still frequently heard in tie town OF Temple
S"~erby, ~ WestRi"reland.
Csher--A msni,l and among his other du.
ties the usher lay At the door of bis lord'r
sleeping apartment
UshEr before the Goorr
In outer chamber lies the focre.
Yillian-N Nov m,Sifed TO Vivian. Stiltmur,
general TORN for rhuse who lay under mi-sr.
able serfd1m we're those of kn1ve or yiiiirn.
Walter le Knave, or Lambert lie villien. -
Philip le VylsyH are registered al the riure Of
which we are speaking.
.Np Y
WaIker-WaIker, claiming as it does an al
most unryalled position 10 the rolls Of nomel-
clature, reminds u OF the early fashiuu ct
treading out the cloth before the adaptations
Of machinery were brought tobear on the phase
Of their craft
Webbe, Webster, Weber
Ny wife was a webbc,
And wooiisn cloths made
WArren-Frun the chase. and we're origin
ally foresters. We yet speak Of rabbit-war-
rens.
WIIIeOcks, Wilcox, Wilcocksou-Fruu VIII
liam.
Wright-Carpenter. Chaucer says:
he vas aweH good Eri.hi, . carpenter.
Yaies-FrUm Gate, which ia the old pruviu-
cial tongue was yate. with glad chers { 9.
the yate,' and the original Of that name live
by the gate or ''Aue Yate.
YOun-er-From being the Junior in the
"a ally. 4 surname If early origin. With Thu
eibses the IisI taken frum the great number Of
English saru4Glss. Gully those have been Sc
l=cied which were more generally known
Throughout tie community.