by Mari ingen Briain meic Donnchada (Kathleen M. O'Brien)
© 2002-2013 by Kathleen M. O'Brien. All rights reserved.
Version 1.5, updated 17 March 2013
type of animal | someone who hunts |
boar | |
deer |
Stykkebukke (RW p. 427 s.n. Stickbuck) 'stick buck' Stichehert (RW p. 427 s.n. Stickbuck) 'stick hart' |
hare |
Stikehare (RW p. 427 s.n. Sticker) 'stick hare' |
otter |
Luter (RW p. 288 s.n. Luter) Lutterer (RW p. 288 s.n. Luter) |
wolf |
Wolfhunt |
type of animal | someone who raises | someone who uses | someone who sells |
bees | Beman ('bee-man' - a beekeeper) | ||
cattle | |||
fish |
Fishmonger | ||
geese |
Gusehyrd ('goose-herd') | ||
horses |
Palfrey (Bardsley, p. 580 s.n. Palfrey) Palfreyman (Bardsley, p. 581 s.n. Palfreyman) Palfreur (Bardsley, pp. 580-1 s.n. Palfreyer) | Sumpter (RW p. 434 s.n. Sumpter) 'driver of a pack-horse' | |
hounds |
le Herier | ||
rooks |
le Rocherde ('rook-herd') | ||
sheep |
Shepherd Shipward ('sheep-ward') | ||
swans |
le Swonherde ('sheep-herd') |
farm related activity | |
general farming |
Farmer Plowman |
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