The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-29

rich. The house of Este claim descent from a veritable Hruodgar of Peptn's time, who married a daughter of one Hector. It was taken for granted that any Hector was a lineAi descendant from the worid.renowned Hector of Troy, 50 without any hesitation the traditional arms of the latter gentle- man. shield azure with an eagle argent, were adopted by the illustri- ous Italian family. The old romances had a famous Ruggiero di Risa, who became a favorite hero with the Ital- ian poets. Boiardo and Ariosto. Tn the north. too, Hrothgar. early rose to poetic fame. In dele-Beowulf l he Is a son of King Healfdene. of the dynasty of the Scyldings. and becomes King of the Danes. He had a brother | Hrothuf and sons Hrethric and Hroth- mund, an indication of the fondness | for Hroth as an element in name making. old Morse, too, had its Hroth. | geirr. Hrothgar. Hrodgar and Rod gar were known, but infrequent. in ! Angfo-Saxon England. Rogerus and Rogerius came with the Conquest and a number of tenants bear the name in the Domesday. It became a general | favorite in the thirteenth century and | for two or three centuries vied with \ John, William and Robert for the prf- | macy among English names. Long . \ knlRnLkY naIuta IL AAt0E ACtAt AAOhu ASo high estate. became common among \ the poor and in its hypocoristic form | Hodge is a synonym for a peasant or | farm laborer. Tn France. also, 1t was | a favorite and Rodger Bon Temps'' | became proverbiai for There's . good II time coming"
 The surname is hI Rogeri on the Hundred Rolls of 127s, Rogero on Kir- \ by's Quest of 1927, and Rogerson on the Yorkshire Poll Tax List of 1878. l The form Rogers prevails now in | Herefordshire and Shropshire, drops in | numbers in Cornwalh diminishes rap- | idly in Sussex and Buckinghamshire. II grows comparatively rare in the east \ ern counties and practically disappears | resented in Wales. Rodgers Is the | Scotch form and is characteristic also of Derbyshire. Rogerson Is rare out | side of Lancashire.
 The Rogers of Wisdome, Devonshfre are baronets and descend from that John Rogers, prebendary of St. Paui'e ! who was the first victim of the Marian persecution. The Rogers of Home Shropshire, are a cadet of the Nor burys of Norbury. and date from the
 time of Edward II.
 The early forms cited above show that the name is a bahuvrihl com pound signifying having q spear fame" that is 'one who attafns fame by his spear"
 The prototheme is the Old High Ger man hruod. fame which has been given under Roberts In No. xV. of this series.
 The deuterotheme is the Old High
 German ger, also ker, Old Morse geirr
 Anglo-Saxon gar. English gare, "a
 spear" This is frequent element ir personal names. II, for instance. is
 the beginning of Gertrude and the end of Oscar The common noun snrviveS
 in "gar-nsh" and garlic" The spear
 was the main weapon in the North and the Morse were so fond of their spear.
 play" that they closed Valhalla to al
 that died natural death The Gothic gazu is found only in proper names
 as in the Iatinized Hario gaizus foi
 the Vandal Hohageis.
 | It is eognate with the Old Irish gai
 gae, Irish and Gaelic gath, spear
 dart, sting" Gallic gaison for shaiscn
 "a spear" which was loaned into Latin I as gaesum, heavy iron spear" and
 gaesati, Gallic soldiers equipped with
 this spear. The Greek chaios "a shep-
 herd staff," Avestan zaya. zaena, "s
 weapon," Sanslkrit heshas. missile. are also cognates. The ultimate origin
 lies in the root of the Sanskrit hinoti
 sto drive. urge on."
 (Couyright, 1908, by Samuel Grant
 oliphant.)