8. _Helsingas._--Ibid. 9. _Myrgingas._--Ibid. 10. _Hundingas._--Ibid. 11. _Hocingas._--Ibid. 12. _Seringas._--Ibid. 13. _Dhyringas_=Thuringians. (?) 14. _Bleccingas._ 15. _Gytingas._ 16. _Scydingas._ 17. _Dylingas._ s. 125. We will still, for argument's sake, and for the sake {71} of the illustration of an ethnological method, take these names along with the observations by which they were preceded, as if they were wholly unexceptionable; and, having done this, ask how far each is known as _German_. So doing, we must make two divisions: _a._ Those which we have no reason to think other than Angle or Saxon. _b._ Those which indicate elements of the migration other than Angle or Saxon. s. 126. _Patronymics which do not necessarily denote a non-Saxon element._--Of these, the following are so little known, that they may pass as Saxons, simply because we have no grounds for thinking them aught else; the Brentings, Banings, Helsings, Serings, Ardings, Hundings, Blekings, Herelings, Gytings, Scydings, Dylings. The Scyldings and Scefings, belong, in a more positive way, to the Anglo-Saxon division; since their eponymi, Scyld and Sceaf, form a portion of the Anglo-Saxon mythology. s. 127. _Patronymics indicating a non-Saxon, rather than a Saxon element._--_a._ The Waelsings--In the way of tradition and mythology, this is a _Frank_ gentile name. _b._ The Myrgings.--_Ditto._ This is the German form of the Merovingians. _c._ The Hocings.--This is the German form of the Chauci, and, as such, a Frisian gentile name. d. The Dhyrings.--Perhaps Thuringians of Thuringia. Thus, then, if we still assume that the method in question is unexceptionable, we have, from the evidence of what may be called either the _gentile forms_, or the _patronymics_ in _-ing_, reasons for believing that Frank _Myrgings_, Frisian _Hocings_, and Thuringian _Dhyrings_, formed part of the invasion--these, at least; possibly others besides. And why should the reason be other than unexceptionable? Do we not in North America, believe, that, _as a general rule_, the families with particular names, coincide with the families so-called in England; that the names of certain places, _sometimes_, at least, indicate a population originating in places similarly designated here? that the Smiths and Johnstons {72} are English in origin, and that O'Connors and O'Neils are Irish? We certainly believe all this, and, in many cases, we believe it, on the ground of the identity of name only. s. 128. _Exceptions._--Still there are exceptions. Of these the most important are as follows:-- 1. The termination _-ing_ is sometimes added to an undoubtedly British root, so as to have originated within the island, rather than to have been brought from the continent, _e.g._, the _Kent-ings_=_the people of Kent_. In such a case, the similarity to a German name, if it exist at all, exists as an accident.