I am looking for an on-line dictionary or directory of words of English of a thousand years ago. The OED isn't of help; I've checked my desk copy.
In specific: the word STOLL where the O is double-dotted
(umlatted?) I'm given to believe it deals with the
manufacture / possible the sale / possibly both, of
a sleeveless garment / over-the shoulder garment /
otherwise known as a 'stole'...
and that those involved in this industry would take the
STOLL name as their identifier, such as "Ed the Stoll
... " or ed, the stoller?
In specific #2: the word WERTHE, where the first E is double dotted (umlatted?). I'm given to believe it deals with the hearder of sheep; possibly the sheep owner.
I was informed, in 1961, that these two names were joined into STOLLWERTHE by marriage in 1253 in a chapel in Surry; when I recently checked the various books on English Surnames, the older copy had been updated OR I didn't find the older reference: I cannot now verify it. STOLLWERTHE evolved, by the 1500s, to STOLWERTHY or STOLLWORTHY or other possible spellings; in another century, STALLER (the King's wine taster) and STOLLERY were the children...
VALUE: only of interest. I've conjectured that this may well have been a marriage of business convenience, as the two families in sheep attempted to increase their profit by bringing more work inside the family: vertical marketeers, take note! "We were first!"?
Well, tongue in or out of cheek: Editor, pencil away!
I have referenced the current editions of "English Surnames" -- that's not the correct title, but they're in that group ...
Edward W. Stollery II
10/06/01 05:06
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