A Survey of English Bynames:
Bynames Ending in -wright

by Mari ingen Briain meic Donnchada (Kathleen M. O'Brien)

© 2002-2013 by Kathleen M. O'Brien. All rights reserved.
Version 1.4, updated 10 March 2013


Occupational Bynames Ending in -wright

The byname Wright also appears without a prepended element.

[object] + wright
Arkwright ("a maker of meal-bins, shaped like a Noah's ark")
Bordwrygt (table/chair maker)
Botewright (boat maker)
Bowwright
Cartwright
Chesewright (cheese maker)
Glasewright (glass maker)
Limwright (a limeburner)
Lockwright
le Ploghwright (plow maker)
Shipwright
Sievwright (sieve maker)
Slaywright (slay - a weaver's tool)
Tellwright (tile maker)
Wainwright (wagon maker)
Whelwright (maker of wheels or wheeled vehicles)


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