The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-13

xdE MOG tuticus. which Is the meddiss tuvtks of "aii," tumeo, swell" Greek taus much, great" sanskrlt tsvss. strong" and taviti. "is strong" are also cog
 The dsuterotheme wald t. explained under Mcdonald in No. II of this ss- riex
 Baldwin, Boyden, Bolts.
 Despite their unlike appearance the trio of surnames are equivalent pat win" and probably the three best known in our Southland. where each of them has become historical and of good repute.
 The personal name Baldwin became hereditary among the Counts of Elan ders and that country was sometimes called "Baidwin's Land" The second daughter of Alfred the Great. Will Hams Matilda was the daughter of the fifth Count. He accompanied the Conqueror and his name is on the Roll of Battell Abbey" The ninth Count was, after the fourth Crusade set upon the tottering Byzantine throne to bs oyerthrown by the Buigarians q little later. His nephew. Baldwin IL had longer reign but was over Baldwin of Bouillon became King of Jerusalem after. the first Crusade and four others of the name bore the title.
 The name naturally spread to other lands and became the Dutch Boude- win. the Danish and German Bald win, the Anglo-Saxon Beaidwine, the French Raudouin and Baudoin. the Italian Baldovino and Balduino. The Flemish form was Bauduin. England. France and Germany have numerous surnames derived from this personal name.
 The name is found in England nearly three centuries before the Conouest and the Domesday records that Bal duinus. Balduin and BaIdeuin all held lands under Edward the confessor. All three variants appear also as names of tenants at the time of tho Domea. day. Afterwards the name was a pop- uiar one all through the surname pe- riod." Fil Baldewyn, Baldwyn and caldewine are the forms most fre- ouent on the Hundred Rolls and Bawd. Wyn appears on the Yorkshire poll tax list of 1873.
 ..a Like most foreign names. 1. was Raudewyn are on the Hundred Rolls; nence our surname Bawden. Again boydin. Boydyn and Boyedin appear on the Hundred Rolls. This is from the French form Baudoin and is the source of our Boyden.
 A frequent hypocoristic form of the Hundred Rolls as Bodd. Bodde and hody and also in the sharpened form or Botte, The son of the latter was- Bottson or Botts, Our HuRuenot an- cestors have made the French Bodine also we'll known in our country.
 It has not beea definitely decided wnether Baldwin Is . compound of the themes represented in Anglo-saxon as oeald and wine. and thus signify. ing "bcld friend" or whether the deu- teroth eme 10 win, battle" hence '.the bold tn batfle." The evidence savore the former interpretation, but phil oiogicaliy 1t makes little difference as wine. "friend and win. battle" are cognate words. The history of the The latter connects with the Gothic wunns and winno. ''suffering';' Old high German wilma. strife" middle high German winne, '.pain," German gewinen. Anglo-Saxon winnan, English win. Other cognstes are given under
 The prototherne of Baldwin appears -@@ s$N~ NNRSA$S 0eANttAB VOA1s 0A0 GNQI8e ballr, bold. impudent. audacious." Old High end Low German bald. Middle High German bait bold, jealous quick" Anglo-Saxon beald. Dutch bout Sand English bold, of the same meaning. and the German bald. soon. nearly, quickly" The Aneio-saxon meaning prince" are eognate. The latter Is the name of the Morse god Baidr (English BaIder), fairest of the Scandinavian panthe con, and best known from the story of his death.
 GOcdloe (Go0dwin, Law, Lovve.)
 This surname is obviously of local origin though the name is not recorded in our gazetteers or typographical dic- ttonaries. It may have been some small place in Cheshire where the spelling Foe" seems most in favor.
 The surname Is not cited for any of the early records. Its Anglo Saxon form would be Godanhlaw. 1the low or hill of Coda"
 was fairly frequent in Angio-Saxon days. There was also feminine Coda and Code. Both the masculine and feminine forms are hypocoristic names. The latter is we'll established as an abbreviation of Godgift, the gift of God" the later Godiva of Coventry and elsewhere. Godgifu, however, has
 
 indicate something of the Anglo.Sax- on's appreciation of the sex.
 The masculine name appears to be . hypocoristic form of Godwine. a name of especially frequency at that period. This signifies "the friend of God" It is our surname Goodwin, etc.. and forms close semantio parallel to the Greek Theophilos.
 The prototheme of Godwine is the Anglo-Saxon god. English. God. This corresponds to the old High German got. German Gott, Old Tristan gad. old Morse goth and guth and Gothic suth. all signifying God The more remote origin of the word is not clear. Popular etymology has long associated the two words God and good. This is good theology. but altogether un- tenable philology.
 The etymology which enjoys the best repute. though by no means a general acceptance. finds the origin of God in the Sanskrit huta. the perfect passive