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Article Mi&ao-w ¦¦ ¦:: :: S ← Page 11 of 11 Article ANGLO-SAXON HISTORY ILLUSTRATED BY TOPOGRAPHICAL NOMENCLATURE. Page 1 of 5 →
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all classes of hearers . After events corroborated this . Petitions from highly respectable citizens began , to multiply in ^ which met statedly near the spot , and its numbers have considerably increased . The first Masonic burial which occurred in the newly
consecrated cemetery was that of the Brother who had acted as Chaplain upon the occasion ; and it was said by those present ,, that none had ever before witnessed such a depth of emotion as when the body of the pious and amiable Calvert was lowered beneath that sod consecrated by the emblems of the salt and the evergreen .
Anglo-Saxon History Illustrated By Topographical Nomenclature.
ANGLO-SAXON HISTORY ILLUSTRATED BY TOPOGRAPHICAL NOMENCLATURE .
( Continued from p . 682 )
ON THE NAMES OF THE ENQLISH CLANS . The following is a list of some of the words that are to be found in the old and new names : — - Beasts . — Mare (?) , horse , colt ; bull , steer ; cow (?) , lamb , kid , ram , boar (?) , hog , brock ; badger ; fox , deer , hind (?) , stag ; hart , doe , roe , buck , roebuck , mole , hare , dog , bear , bat , otter , marten .
Birds . —Bird , fowl ( f ) , cock , hen , drake , duck , swan , lark , wren , sparrow , dove , culver , heron , crane , stork , crow , rook , pie , gosling , jay , snipe , swallow , swift , gull , raven , kite , finch , goldfinch , greenfinch ,
bulfinch , blackbird , nightingale , reeve (?) , ruff , egg . Wishes . —Fish , herring (?) , cod ( J ) , salmon , lax , bret , chub , bleak , haddock , hake , hurt , crab (?) , whelk or wilk , fry . Animal Products ,, & c . —Wool (?) , down , horn , honey , bug , leech , dor . Parts of the Body , & c . —Head , hair (?) , beard , tongue , hand , bone , leg , foot , heel , blood .
Trees , & c , —Tree * ash , oak , . birch , elm , box , vine ( 1 ) , maple , bark , root , twig , wood , holt , stock , sprig , leaf , bud , knot , cob , cod , knob , hull , plum , apple , bark , peel (?) , berry (?) , crop , rose , cole , hop , flax , hemp , corn ( I ) , hay , derk , burr , bent , fern , reed (?) rush . Colours , & c—Red , blue , green , brown , dun , black , white , gray , gold , silver , iron , steel , brass .
Domestic Objects , Sec . —House , cot , door , lock , bolt , key , wall (?) , hall , bowl , bell , brand ( f ) , hook (?) , bow , mill , shears , hone , cap , shovel , ring , ship , boat . Natural Objects . —Sun , moon , star , clay , chalk ( T ) , hill , brook (?) , rock , crag , cliff (?) , water , well (?) . . ^ These take various terminations , as ing , or , ett , man . Thus of the colours—Black > Blacker , Blaekman , Blackett ;
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all classes of hearers . After events corroborated this . Petitions from highly respectable citizens began , to multiply in ^ which met statedly near the spot , and its numbers have considerably increased . The first Masonic burial which occurred in the newly
consecrated cemetery was that of the Brother who had acted as Chaplain upon the occasion ; and it was said by those present ,, that none had ever before witnessed such a depth of emotion as when the body of the pious and amiable Calvert was lowered beneath that sod consecrated by the emblems of the salt and the evergreen .
Anglo-Saxon History Illustrated By Topographical Nomenclature.
ANGLO-SAXON HISTORY ILLUSTRATED BY TOPOGRAPHICAL NOMENCLATURE .
( Continued from p . 682 )
ON THE NAMES OF THE ENQLISH CLANS . The following is a list of some of the words that are to be found in the old and new names : — - Beasts . — Mare (?) , horse , colt ; bull , steer ; cow (?) , lamb , kid , ram , boar (?) , hog , brock ; badger ; fox , deer , hind (?) , stag ; hart , doe , roe , buck , roebuck , mole , hare , dog , bear , bat , otter , marten .
Birds . —Bird , fowl ( f ) , cock , hen , drake , duck , swan , lark , wren , sparrow , dove , culver , heron , crane , stork , crow , rook , pie , gosling , jay , snipe , swallow , swift , gull , raven , kite , finch , goldfinch , greenfinch ,
bulfinch , blackbird , nightingale , reeve (?) , ruff , egg . Wishes . —Fish , herring (?) , cod ( J ) , salmon , lax , bret , chub , bleak , haddock , hake , hurt , crab (?) , whelk or wilk , fry . Animal Products ,, & c . —Wool (?) , down , horn , honey , bug , leech , dor . Parts of the Body , & c . —Head , hair (?) , beard , tongue , hand , bone , leg , foot , heel , blood .
Trees , & c , —Tree * ash , oak , . birch , elm , box , vine ( 1 ) , maple , bark , root , twig , wood , holt , stock , sprig , leaf , bud , knot , cob , cod , knob , hull , plum , apple , bark , peel (?) , berry (?) , crop , rose , cole , hop , flax , hemp , corn ( I ) , hay , derk , burr , bent , fern , reed (?) rush . Colours , & c—Red , blue , green , brown , dun , black , white , gray , gold , silver , iron , steel , brass .
Domestic Objects , Sec . —House , cot , door , lock , bolt , key , wall (?) , hall , bowl , bell , brand ( f ) , hook (?) , bow , mill , shears , hone , cap , shovel , ring , ship , boat . Natural Objects . —Sun , moon , star , clay , chalk ( T ) , hill , brook (?) , rock , crag , cliff (?) , water , well (?) . . ^ These take various terminations , as ing , or , ett , man . Thus of the colours—Black > Blacker , Blaekman , Blackett ;