Chapter XX

) may stand for a great commander or a shoeing-smith, still called farrier-marshal in the army. The first syllable is cognate with mare and the second means servant. Constable, Lat. comes stabuli, stableman, has a similar history.

THE DISTRIBUTION OF NAMES

The commonest local names naturally include none taken from particular places. The three commonest are Hall, Wood and Green, from residence by the great house, the wood, and the village green. Cf. the French names Lasalle, Dubois, Dupré. Hall is sometimes for Hale ( Chapter II ), and its Old French translation is one source of Sale. Next to these come Hill, Moore, and Shaw ( Chapter XII ); but Lee would probably come among the first if all its variants were taken into account (