Chapter D

_Dresser._ _Dresse_, to address, to apply; _ere_, an agent. One who addresses, or applies himself to any task.

_Drury._ _Druerie_, courtship, gallantry, love, a mistress.

F.

_Fay._ _Fay_, faith, confidence, trust. Faye, from the same radix.

_Fayer._ _Fay_, faith; _ere_, an agent. One who has faith; a believer.

_Fayle._ _Fay_, faith; _le_, for _el_, denoting a person. A person of faith; a believer.

_Fein._ _Feyne_, to feign, to pretend.

_Fey._ _Fey_, faith, trust, confidence.

_Feyer._ _Fey_, faith; _ere_, an agent. One that has faith; a believer.

_Feyhl._ _Fey_, faith; _hl_, for _el_, denoting a person. A believer.

_Floyd._ _Floyte_, a flute.

_Forster._ _Forster_, a forester, an officer of the forest. Foster, a kindred term.

_Fowl._ _Fowel_, a fowl, a bird.

_Fowler._ _Fowel_, a fowl; _ere_, an agent. One who pursues or traps wild fowl.

_Fowles._ _Fowle_, Fowl; _s_ for _sun_, son. Son of Fowl.

_Foyle._ _Folye_, folly, foolish conduct, indiscretion.

_Franklin._ _Frankeleyn_, the father of a family. This is the application in Chaucer’s time. Spencer uses the term in the sense of a freeholder, but in Queen Elizabeth’s day it denoted a yeoman, or a man above a vassal, but not a gentleman.

_Frearson._ _Frere_, a friar; _sun_, son. Son of a friar.

G.

_Gabb._ _Gabbe_, to jest, to talk idly, to lie.

_Gaylord._ _Gaylard_, gay, licentious. Perhaps from _galliard_, a sprightly kind of dance.

_Gentil._ _Gentil_, gentlemanlike, gentlemanly. Gentel, Gentle, of like kinship.

_Gentry._ _Genterye_, gentility. Chaucer spelt the word with the additional e’s. Even at the present day it is not unusual to find some writing the name—Gentery.

_Gerry._ _Gery_, changeable, inconstant, uncertain.

_Geyler._ _Gylour_, a deceiver.

_Glose._ _Glose_, a comment, an interpretation.

_Grace._ _Grace_, favor, kindness, good-will, benignity.

_Gracey._ _Grace_, favor, kindness; _ig_, an adjective termination. Gracious; kind.

_Grange._ _Graunge_, a farm-house.

_Granger._ _Graunge_, a farm-house; _ere_, an agent. One who has a farm-house; a farmer.

_Greeley._ _Gree_, pleasure, satisfaction, prize, grade; _líc_, like. Pleasurable; satisfactory; estimable; gradual.

_Greaser._ _Grees_, grease, ointment; _ere_, an agent. An anointer.

_Greasly._ _Grees_, grease; _líc_, like. Grease-like; unctuous.

_Grone._ _Grone_, to groan, to grunt.

_Groner._ _Grone_, to groan, to grunt; _ere_, an agent. A groaner; a grunter.

_Groning._ _Grone_, to groan, to grunt; _ing_, expressive of action. Groaning; grunting.

H.

_Hamburg._ _Hamburgeon_, diminutive of _hauberg_, a coat of mail.

_Hamburger._ _Hamburgeon_, a coat of mail; _ere_, an agent. One who wears a coat of mail; a warrior.

_Haire._ _Haire_, hair-cloth.

_Hackney._ _Hakeney_, a hackney, an ambling horse, or pad.

_Harney._ _Harneys_, armor, furniture.

_Hauberger._ _Hauberg_, a coat of mail; _ere_, an agent. An armor-bearer; a knight; a warrior.

_Houpt._ _Houped_, hooped, hollowed, shoaled.

K.

_Keep._ _Keep_, care, attention.

L.

_Lacey._ _Laas_, or _lace_, a lace, a net, a snare; _ig_, an adjective termination. Resembling a lace, or net.

_Large._ _Large_, spacious, free, prodigal.

_Larger._ _Larger_, comparative of _large_, spacious, prodigal. More spacious; more prodigal.

_Largey._ _Large_, large, prodigal; _ig_, an adjective termination. Large; prodigal.

_Largly._ _Large_, large, free; _líc_, like. Large-like; largely; freely.

_Layard._ _Liard_, a name of a horse, belonging originally to a horse of a gray color. A gray horse.

_Lodge._ _Loge_, a lodge, a habitation.

_Logerman._ _Loge_, a lodge; _ere_, an agent; _man_, a man. A person who lodges, or is lodged; a lodger.

_Logue._ _Loge_, a lodge, a habitation.

_Loos._ _Loos_, praise, approval.

_Luce._ _Luce_, the fish called a pike.