JEWISH NAMES 48
CHAPTER VI. TOM, DICK AND HARRY 49
MEDIEVAL FONT-NAMES 49
THE COMMONEST FONT-NAMES 50
FASHIONS IN FONT-NAMES 52
DERIVATIVES OF FONT-NAMES 53
THE SUFFIX -COCK 55
CELTIC NAMES 56
CHAPTER VII. GODERIC AND GODIVA 57
FORMATION OF ANGLO-SAXON NAMES 57
ANGLO-SAXON NICKNAMES 59
ANGLO-SAXON SURVIVALS 61
MONOSYLLABIC NAMES 62
"HIDEOUS NAMES" 63
CHAPTER VIII. PALADINS AND HEROES 65
THE ROUND TABLE 66
THE CHANSONS DE GESTE 68
ANTIQUE NAMES 69
CHAPTER IX. THE BIBLE AND THE CALENDAR 70
OLD TESTAMENT NAMES 70
NEW TESTAMENT NAMES 72
FEAST-DAYS 73
MONTH NAMES 74
CHAPTER X. METRONYMICS 76
FEMALE FONT-NAMES 76
DOUBTFUL CASES 78
CHAPTER XI. LOCAL SURNAMES 79
CLASSES OF LOCAL NAMES 80
COUNTIES AND TOWNS 81
NAMES PRECEDED BY DE 81
CHAPTER XII. SPOT NAMES 84
ELEMENTS OF PLACE-NAMES 85
HILL AND DALE 87
HILLS 87
WOODLAND AND PLAIN 89
FOREST CLEARINGS 91
MARSHES 92
WATER AND WATERSIDE 93
RIVERS 93
ISLANDS 95
TREE NAMES 96
CHAPTER XIII. THE HAUNTS OF MAN 98
SETTLEMENTS AND ENCLOSURES 99
HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS 103
WATER 105
BUILDINGS 105
DWELLINGS 107
SHOP SIGNS 109
CHAPTER XIV. NORMAN BLOOD 110
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