Names on the Whorl

David Stockhoff · 08 Sep 2010, 11:56 · from 2010-September.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff)
Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:56:57 -0400
Subject: (urth) Names on the Whorl
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  Of course, no "Anglo" name has a simple history. But these are plainly 
British:*
*
---Warren (/woh-renn/), of old Germanic 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Germanic> origin, is a common English 
language <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language> masculine 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masculine> given name 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Given_name>,or a surname 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surname> meaning "enclosure".
1
/chiefly British/ /a/ *:* a place legally authorized for keeping small 
game (as hare or pheasant) /b/ *:* the privilege of hunting game in such 
a warren


---"Wight" is Scottish, either from pale/fair-haired or nimble/strong.


My thought was that these names could be found in any language, like a 
name derived from a particular trade. But they are pretty unique, 
whichever derivation you choose.


On 9/8/2010 5:53 AM, Mr Thalassocrat wrote:
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> On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 7:58 AM, David Stockhoff 
> <dstockhoff at verizon.net <mailto:dstockhoff at verizon.net>> wrote:
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>      Which were the Anglo names? Were they trades, like Baker or Chandler?
>
> IGJ, Ch 13: Lieutenant Warren and Lieutenant Wight. "They're from the 
> same town."
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