The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-07


 old sIavonic iipeti -eisaye to. adhere. Lith huanian iipti. -to adhere, cleve to-. iipsxnus adhesive, glufinous." Greek iipos -fat." aioiphe ''salvs." Latin lip pus s'blear-eyed" and the Teutonie words ''to live" and life To I've lh to remain. survive. or to adhere. cieave to existence.
 Bintiin is thus found to Dc a pat ronymic surname sfgnifying the son of Banaoleif." which in it's turn ts 2 patronysnic personal name signifying ng wolf of the band"
 Gunneiis.
 The surname sGunnells is metrony- mic (cf No. 1s, of this series) and means -the son of Gunhild Cor Gunnii- dap
 The personal name Gunhiid vas once very popular among the heroic femi- nine It is found as Gundihiid in me old High German of the sixth century. Gunhildis, Gunhilt and Gunelhilt are found in the ninth century. Gunnhiidr was in high favor with the ola Morse.
 The wicket queen of Erie Biodaxe who filled ali scandivania with her crimes. was perhaps the best known of her name. Gunhild, daughter of Cnut and Emma, became the wife or Henry III of Germany. 5Cnut had Q niece of the same narnes daughter or Wyrtgeorn, King Of the tWends. An other Gundhild was a sister of King Swegen and aunt of Cnut. She mar ried Earl Paliie. and was murdered on St. Brice's day (yov. 1s, l0o2). and her brother visited England with fury to avenge her death.
 It was q favorite name in the God- wine family and daughter of the famous Earl is called Gunnila in one record. which shows the progress made by l05o toward the later form Gum nell. The name was not always con fined to noble families. for about 105S one Gunhild. daughter of Thurkill. a serf," is mentioned.
 The prototheme appears in the Old Eigh German as gund and gunts in old Morse as gunnr, in Anglo-Saxon as guth for gunth. It's meaning is war. battle.
 This word survives in our gonfaion, ssbanner," literally "a battle flag" It lis cognate with the Sansl<rit hanti. '.kill," Avestan Jainti, "lxili," Armenian gan. "strike," old slavonic zena "drive.s Lithuanian ginti to hunt" der" Irish gegon, ''dead." and gpin. l'swound."
 The deuterotheme appears in the old High German hilti. Old Morse hildr, IAnglo-saxon hilt, .battle, war" Hild and Hilda are Anglo-Saxon feminine names Hid is exceedingly frequent In compounds, occurring both as an Initial and final element Hildebrand. for instance, is the .sword of bat | tle."
 Hildr was e favorite with the old Morse. This was the name of the chief | of the valkyries, also of the mother | of Hrolf Ganger. The Landnama-box | of Iceland shows seventeen women who bore the name and also several Gum hilds and Hildigunns.
 The two members of the group are l synonymous, as occasionally happens. l It will make no material difference l wh ether we render the name the bat 1 tle-maid of war" or ''the war-naid of battle."
 Gunnilda and Gonnildaare the usua, forms of the personal name on tho Hundred Rolls; fl, Gunnilde, fl. Gun nild and GuHnvld Of the surname Gunnell, Gunnels, Gunnells and Gun. els are modern variants.
 Maury.
 The surname Aaury came from ths south of France, and corresponds with l the name Mature in Northern France.
 Mory is an old variant that has be- come Mercy. This is the origin of tht latter name only when of French ori. gin The English Moreys are quite different. l Maury signifies the Moor and may indicate either one of Moorish desceni or, as a nickname, one who has ths brown or swarthy complexion of l Moor. The latter Is. presumably .l much the more frequent origin of tht name.
 The French Mature or More. Pro fvencaI nor, Spanish and Italian Moro