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| ''broad." sanskrit prthivi, "the earth literally "the broad
 This interpretation does not neces- sarily conflict with, the persistent fam fly tradition of their Norman origin The name is an English local one At the time of the Conquest most of the lands were assigned, sooner or later. to Normans, many of whom later as- sumed as surnames the English names of thelr land, 4 name is not a neces. sary indication of blood or race.
 Yeaman, Yeoman.
 Yeamarl ia an occupative surname and signifies, ethe yeoman."
 The latter word, however. did not in the early surname period have its modern meaning of a small landed pro prietor. but had rather two quite dU- ferent ideas.
 The yeoman was first feudai re- tatner cr guard, a servant of the next degree above a groom. This was the yeoman of chaucer (Proi. 101),
 "A yeman hadde he.. and servaunts namo."
 The term indicated also an artend- ant upon a royal or noble household whose duty was ito make beddes. IL bere or hold torches to sette bourdes (i. e. tablesJ and suche other servyce as the usshers of chantbre command or assigne."
 He later was one who had free land of forty shiliings or one tenth. the reve- nue of knight, and by virtue of this qualified to sit on juries. to exercise the franchise Of his shire. etc. The surname Is Yhoman and To- manne on the Yorkshire Poll Tax List of 1878 and Yorkshir~ is still the prin- cipal seat of the family. Yeaman is found principally in the Elizabethan period and Yeoman is now the only spelling in vogue in England. The nanae is from the Middle Eng | fish yomAn. yomon, yhoman, or yeman connected with the Old Frisian gaman or Eamon. "a vIllager." (plural ga- folk, s''viilage peopie''). Middle Dutch goyannen. "arbitrators," Old Morse l gaeimadhr, "a franklin" The protothene is the Anglo-Saxon ga or ge, found only in composition as aeige, 'eeI-district." cognate with old Frisian ga, go ia district, village" Old High German gowi, gouwi, Ger man gau, "a district Gothic gawi,
 The deuterotheme man Is explained under Tillrnan in No. VI, of this se- ries. s4tF
 George as a surname Is a patronymic from the baptismal name George. hence meaning "the son of George" The name Is pure Greek and appears on its native heath as Georges for Gevorgos The protothemefs the Attic gea, Do- -ric ga. Cyprian ga, Homeric gala, mean ing i',aarth. land" This is the same ga as we ind. in geography. geology geometry. etc. =
 The deuterotheme3Is an ablaut form of the Creek ergon for vergon. work" This Is found in our words energy. erg. ergal, etc. Itsis cognate with the Eng fish work, Anglo-Saxon weorc, Old Morse verk, ola High German were. GalIfc vsrgo, work" Breton guers. reflective" Irish do(f) )airci perform" Armenian, gorts, work" Persian barz velti, "to work" Sanskrit VT janam, '.sacrificiai inclosure. settlement, vil- lage." and also with shift of accent, "deceit, guile" etc, etc. With the last we may compare our working" a | person.
 George is thus an oceupativs name, l meaning the ssearthworker, farmer" :" So vergil's Geofgfes are poems on Ag- rieuiture George is thus a semantic lish TfIinfan.
 A Cappadocian saint and martyr of this name became the miraculous l champion of the Crusaders before the walls of Jerusalem and was adopted | first by Burgundy and then by Aqui- | tRine as their patron Sa1nL aeury the Burgundian. added Portugal to his pro- | tecting care and a century later Rich ard I added England. "St. George for Merry England" became the most re- nowned of battle cries. Germany bor- rowed the saint from Burgundy and Venice from Creek. So from an ob- scure saint, George became the patron ! saint of half of Europe.
 The personal name was not common in England prior to 170O but has since 1 become one of the most frequent names. It is now common both as a | personal name and as surname all over Europe.
 The surname is now most frequent | in Monmouthshire and South Wales. It Is comparatively rare in the north of | England and along the southern coast
 except in Cornwall
 The rare Georgeson is the only other native patronymic of George. Immi- grafton has brought us several others as the French Georges and Italian Giorgto. etc.
 BristOyv, Bristol. l The ancestors of the Bristows came from Bristol, the seaport town of the west of England, which, until the rise Liverpool. was the second port of England.
 The origin of the place-name has been variousIy given. One attempt connects 1t with Brennus, its legen-