Chapter XXIII

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But Row was also the shortened form of Rowland, or Roland. Cobb is an Anglo-Saxon name, as in the local Cobham, but it is also from the first syllable of Cobbold (for either Cuthbeald or Godbeald) and the second of Jacob. From Jacob come the diminutives Cobbin and Coppin.

Or, to take some less common names, House not only represents the medieval de la house, but also stands for Howes, which, in its turn, may be the plural of how, a hill ( Chapter XII ), or the genitive of How, one of the numerous medieval forms of Hugh ( Chapter VI ). Hind may be for Hine, a farm servant ( Chapter III ), or for Mid. Eng. hende, courteous (cf. for the vowel change Ind, Chapter XIII ), and is perhaps sometimes also an animal nickname (Beasts,