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asHI rs C. . d 1 fsrently and in ways .characterf.tic of each group. This ieysens any confi :
 dence we might have n the phonetic distlnctton as an evidence for two names originally distinct. We and fur fheruiore that Donnocatus and Dunno. catus are merely hypotheticaliy re- stored names. They are not known to have any actual existence. but are sim ply theoretical reeongfructions. On the other hand Dunocstus wss an actual name found in a sixth century ipscrIp- tion discovered near Crickhovei. Breck- nockshlre. Wales, and airhnst cer- tatniy the form on mutilated fnscrfp- ton found at whiteAeid; County Kerry, Ireland. Bede.s, Duuhchaduss The Dean of Lismore's Duncha the Angfo-S -Sa xon punecah or punecban, all support. fl. Finally. several place-panses have the terfnination done, donne. or dpuum for dpnum (with long .'u'') Tn these names there lis no posstbfiity Of any other tneAning than that of "fortress.'
 | With all due respect to the eminent authcritiess that hold otherwise we nnd satfsfying evldence that Duncan is the descendant os phnocstus. the .'fortress- I4warrior." (. 40 fas t.{sl sa Tne pFotothsmse is then the old Irish dun. Gaelic dun Old Gymrlc din. welsh cinas. Gafilc dimes and -duupra. found BARGEAHliy4 as .QuAull sF UtAEH~uA InGN. The meaning Is Tfortreas. fastness. cit adei. especially the fortItied hili-top.' The. Irish dunaina Ito baFrioade''. Gael ic duin.. Ito sliut.s show the radical meaning in Csitic. ~The Greek dynomai s'be ;abie. strong have power, can,T Is probably a co4nate as are also sfie German saun. ss'a hsdge,' AbgIo-sa xon tun, English town. etc, az given under Preston in No. VII of this series
 Rusl.. {. nE4aaa Gaelic csth. old cyplric cat, welsh cat and cad. Pictish csr. Arniorican cad. "a battle" cegnste with the old High German hadu. Anglo Sax on. Headho. awar. battle,s' Eng fish hate, Old Norgs Hoesiiir,, ..the god Of war oid siavohyc .cotora. "bat- tie." Greek kotos, "snger. strife" Thra- efan cotSe., cptytto, name of a god- dess. Senskrit cetru. ztpaiatiai sibilant "cs).. "an enemy" ss,ss
 This Is ap especially frequent ele- msnt in compound personal names among both celts and Teutons It oe- CUTS, for Instance. In Cadwaladyr ia miliar to eevry .Welshnfan, caturiges and Eatuvoicus, familiar to every school boy who reads Caesar ,.'Gaiiic War" Catvellauni. familiar. to every student of early British history, Catuills. naue of the Romp poet, dear to all Iiiovers of UO2IEJ. LEcF NOEtu QNtls fSt}EAAa or CuCCht, original name of St Patrick and many less known. The best known Tsutshic cognate is perhaps Haauwiga; or Hed- wig. name of the beautiful and wise Polish Queen. who married Jageflon Duke of Efthuanla and whose memory is still cherished by Pole and eIAtli sv- erywheTe.
 This occupatiye surname offers an H. A4.s ~t-e,.,
 ly orthugraphy in the surnomipai form.
 As a common noun Anglo-Saxon had hirde fierde and hyrde. Middle Eng iish had heerde, heird, iieirde. heort
 heorde. herd, her1e, hered, hieyd, hirde. hibrfd hiorde hurd, huFde. hybrd and hyrde. These finally crystauized into inc form herd. ~ &
 Tn the surnominal period. however, hurdle. was the most frequent form.
 The Hundred Rolls have le Hfrde and ie' Hurde for the surname More than century later Langland in Piers the
 plowrnan,- lc. x. 2e7l, wrote:
 atzow! burde wher! is thyn llaunde2"
 The name signifies 'fhe herd or herdansn." the Keeper Of herd or flock of domestic animals. This, is eeenate with the oid ssxcn hirdi.' Middle Low German hertfe. oId Frlsian hirdi. old High, German hirti. German hirte. old Morse herthif. ,. Swedish harde. phHish hyrde. Gothic hsirdeis, all of the came meaning.
 The name Hurd isenow found lnsinly in Sonaeruetsaalfe. Heard prevails in Devonshire. Herdnfan iset rare out slde oR sfSorthunf berland aird prevails in Nottiughamslsire and Yerksh
 Howell, Hewesls. eI
 The personal name Howell is found. on various Anglo Saxon records ante dating the Norman Conquest and nam ing seversl welsh princes or kings of the tenth centur1. On these rec ords' the name appears as Howael. Howel. Hu val. Huwef and owel. In the English records of the centuries immediately after the Conquest, Hoel and Howei arc the prevailing forms. The persons named are Welsh as shown either by the deslgnatien le Valleys or such patronynaies as ap Rhys. etc
 In theA Welsh records Hnel is the prevailing form becoming Hywel and Howel later. The surname Howell is now especially strong in South Wales and In Norfolk. There is parish of this name in the neighboring part of LineoinshlTea and 1t Is thought that