The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-20

old Irish cufre. s'troop." old Prussian
 iSarjist "arniy@ Lithuanian karas, war" Old slAvonic kara strife" old Persian kara, army" Greek koiranos, "commander Of An army" sanskrit karas. acontest. battle. from the radi- cal of krnoti, karoti. make, do." The name may be taken either as
 tatpursusha compound meaning "the wise one of an army or as ba- huvrihi compound. meaning having q knowing u e.. skillful, inteliigento army"
 Gsbson, Gibbs.
 The patrdnymics 0ibson and Gibbs are derived from Gilbert through It's frequent hypocpristic forms Gib and oibb; hence the meaning is "the son of Gilbert"
 Gilbert was very popular baptis- mal name in our surname period and fully a score of surnames derived from 1t may be found in any of our large cities. The original form Of the name is Gisiiberaht, and this early became popular On the Continent. One Ghislo- berth Is recorded for the year e7O. and a Gisffobert Ca corrupted form) for 6s2. Gislebert was Bishop of Noyon, 769-7S2, and after that the name be- comes fairly frequent. There are
 some twenty-five variant spellings in
 the Continental records by the elev- enth century.
 The name was known in England in the Anglo-saxon period as Gislbeorht. but gained no great vogue until the advent of the Norman. The Domesday Book shows a number of tenants bear
 Ing the name, recorded as GiseIbertus or Giselbert. II was especially popu-
 lar also in the Low Countries and be- came frequent in Scotland.
 This popularity was in large measure f0 fhA fhaf f,A name. These were the Abbott of Font aneile, who was a great friend of the Conquerer; the Auvergnat Knight, prominent in the second Crusade: the English Gilbert. born at Sempringbam, 1Ancolnshire.f who was the founder in the twelfth century of the English or- der of Giibertine monks; and a bishop of Caithness, in the extreme north of Scotland,
 The hypocoristle Gib was already in use at the time of the Hundred Rolls
 u27s.) The Yorkshire Poll Tax List of 1878 has the surnames Gyb, Gybson, Gybbson. GyhbysOn, etc.
 Gibbs is now practically confined to the southern half of England. It's prin- cipAl seat Is in Warwickshire and Glou. cestershtre. Gibson Is the northern form. strongest in Durham. Cumber- land. Westmoreland and Northumber- ldHQ- ~ lS AlSp AECVASut HI 0EOIlHA0 south Of the Forth and the Clyde and especially in the border Counties of Berwick and Dumfries. The surnames, two forms or the same name, thus oc. cupy contagious but distinct regions and afford a remarkable instance of ter ritorfal distribution. Derbyshire. on the marches. contains both names but neither is frequent, The parent Gilbert Is found mostly h the midland counties as Northampton, Warwick, Leicester, Rutland and in the southwest, in Corn wall and Deyonshire.
 Gib became a common designation for n cat, especially for the male cat and in this usage Is found as late as Shakespeare's Hamlet, III, f.
 Gisilberaht means "the bright pledge" The prototheme Is the Old High German gisil gisa1 and kisal, "a hostage, . pledge This Is cognate with the Old Morse gisl. Swedish gislan, Danish gia- sel and gidsel German geisel Anglo Saxon gisel. Middle English sisel and visel, all meaning "a hostage pledge" The Gothic form appears only in proper names as Theudogisclos, Hermegisclos. etc.
 Other eognAfes are found in the Cel- tic group such as Old Irish giall. Gym rife gwystyi. hostage, pledge" old Breton Euisti. Middle Breton goestI, Breton gwestl. "a pledge" and the old Cornish proper names AnagulstI, Cat gustel. MedguistyI ,efc. .s