The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-02
Surnames Of the Southland;
Their Origi, and Meaning

The words trott trow. truce. trust
and. truth are akin. ~, .u,a..,
Old Pri eGsn triuWe we ' Dutch trouw Mid
die Low German trouwe, Low Germans
trou. Old High German Eltriuwi. Mia-
ole High German getriuwe. German .ln
trur swedish trogin. Danish !. tro.
Gothic triggws. all meaning true:
faithful, trusty. loyal" Also the oid
Prusstan druwis, "faith,' and druwit,.
searches give plausible reason for
adding tho latin d,iriis hard" Anglo
Saxon trurtl. afirfi strong. Irish dren'
f ,i ana drs 5ra ydiry 1tsenf very
ana Armenian train fast, firm"
These words In turn are. now ex-
plaiiied as meaning originally maze
Ithei, Sfirm strong. true etc.
This setnantic explanation connects
The. foregoin,g words With the as san
slsrit dart @woed,. A vest .. aamrs !.
Greek dor,i. wood, SPEAR" and druss
III fof pa IA 10 for dafiD. "the larch.'
dld slavohia druya. wood .. dasvo.
ois wodd,s"' Gallo darn, Irish daur.
| cytnfie aid Cornish dat. Gaelic dara Ic,l;
all meaning eak. Gothic lsan d tr,u s.S uln
| trio and English tree, which defines
| the otihrs Cd the group,
in the ss i. aaItsls ahs a,ro Trss fna
oak Or sarl,i as 8 tree. which !. gives YES
d vivid and picturesque colorins TO the
us'ial eotho.at,irS ra, q IT., Irue'
! ,fhis l6eal surname comes from that
Of aii estate In the parish Of st. Weep.
ne III is SAFE said mat one e. Nicholas de Tree
yelyan dwslt here as early as a he ra1gn
had possessed the place from still
i earlier period.
nas an nas tnnssv fEhnts Ths pass
name occurs In earlier times also AZ
4 Trsvelgen and Trevelan. The surname
lis still strongest In Cornwall
Most Cornish surnames are OF iocaI
ofieih and proverblal distich truly
aIi 'n IRE, nos. Poi. Ian, caer and Pen.
!, You may know the most of Cornish
Trevelyan signifies the house OF
Tie TS,a]ttsns s,d i the bo Gosnis tow tne;
J The last meaning cannot be denied. IS
, il is orealy shown in such a passage
ais the following from the Passto
Christi t32sl EFF wy an bro d..al ih Hss5
Hiya''t tfe Is tie prophet Jesus, come
4 from Nazareth, q town OF the Kingdom
!, Of Galilee)
Il
e irish treb and Gallo treb. dwelling.
: house. hamlet" Tie last names APP
j pear in the name OF the Gallic tribe
Atrebates tthe Posse rs iaM War.
: Other cognates are the Lithuanian
! troba. building" Latin trabs. "a beam
i a timber Greek terem non. "a cham. :,
~ Old saxon and Old Morse thorp, Old
], High German dorf and the English
9 Morpe Tin place ames), all signifylns
2 Village, hamlet. me Geit tn ana et ~
i place-iiames and In surnames derived
from them.
I iFAe deltsrotheme is from the old o. I
t Elyan or Elian. This may be De,
rlvative from the root seem In the Old
Irish elg, Gaelic ealg, noble, SO cog
], nate with Elgin. but later infiuencea , py
!; '' Tniinferro, TeIford.
. Tho prosaic explanation of the sur
q surname signifying "ohe who cuts iron \
! 7 not content with this. but tells US that
II the name arose thus. William, Count
Of Angoulesfne. in battle against the
g Northmeh, engaged their king. slorls.
If and With single stroke of his sword.
t. Durissiina cut iii two his cuirass and
body. He in CONSEQUENCE received tho
{. soubriquet Talllefer. or Cut iron. !,
% The, first Of the name in England
e. was the noble jouglere Taillefer, VINO
e accompanied the condperor and Z, distin 1 !,
o glished himself at Hastings. The old
i clironiclers tell how, on the morning of
: the battle, this knight mounted on
swift horse rode before the Duke ST 8,
!. ard oliver and OF the peers who fell at
= Roncesvnlles. throwing his sword into
n the air and catching IL again as It fell /.
= AS they drew nigh the English, he
It turned to the Duke and cried: "A boon.
n sire! have long served you. and you
+. owe me for all such service To-day.
50 please you ex Gm sn an h repas Vol,
d for 1t earnestly that you Will allow me- {.
l. TO strike the first blow in the battie..,
" And the Duke answered. Il grant II;
Il Then Taillefer put his horse to gal,
ID Top, charging before all the rest, anu
a struck an En- glishman dead. driving his
a lance below the breast into his body.
IS a Than s' le drew Its sWord and struck
j., another. crying out, Come on come
Whit aee5S s s sos he la syrS Hn az
s. English pressed forward, surrounded
% The name survived, and apnear E.
ii again in the Hundred Rolls is7ye 2
y. In 1902 Taylfre is found as personal
IL maine In IIertfordshire. Tailzefer was
IL Scotch variant in the E, SIXTEENTH cen-
y, " wallis in Northumberland, and beside
Il it, in fewer numbers. the corrupted
r. form Telford. The latter form IS said
- 10 be due to Thomas Telford. the
!, great engineer. who. thinking his
= name Teller unrnsaning. adopted The
- form Telford. Tho latter is really
10 the iinmeaning for 1t assumes a purely
= in,ag inary local origin.
!, THE protothcme Of Taliaferro Is from
!. the Old French verb TALLER TO cut
which n turn y from the Latin :; 81 !.
aniturall term, tlsa Il cutting, slip
10 term: "raleas scissieneess lisnorum vel
y praeseghina varro dicit de re rustics
intertaleare dicitur dividere vel eS-
id soindere rainilIn.' tTalsae are cut ],
- the first book OF his Treatise n.coun-
"a try Affairs; FOR even. now TO divide
er or to Top OF bough is called inter
: taleare. q country term.
The Old SlaVonic talija green
~ twi e; !" lithuanian atolas. second NOV
70 ing Of hay Sanskrlt talas the ran a,
= palm" tborassus helllformi a an. anu
70 mates. The 1Aglish tailor and s e,,,
ae name Taylor are from tho same nid
fny Il