A name given by Miss Yonge as still in use is Amice or Amicia. It may probably be the same as the woman's name Amisa, Ameza, or Emeza of the eighth century in the Altd. Nam., which Foerstemann takes to be from A.S. emeta, quies. In that case it would probably be the same name in another form as Emmota, formerly not uncommon as a woman's name.
Another name which I rather suppose to be obsolete is Agace, Agaze, or Igusa, found in the Liber Vitæ up to the fourteenth century, and probably the same as an O.G. Eggiza, eleventh century, from a stem ag, supposed to mean point or edge.
FOOTNOTES:
[60] The principal part of this chapter appeared in the Antiquary for March, 1882.
[61] Possibly, at least in some cases, the origin of the surname Constable.
[62] The earliest mention of this name that I have seen, occurs a.d. 1431, in the Liber Vitæ, when one John Duckett, having died at the remarkable age of 127, his children, one of whom was called Cristabel, presented offerings at the shrine of St. Cuthbert. These would seem to be of the nature of propitiatory offerings on behalf of the dead, of which there are various instances recorded. One of these is that of one Maria del Hay, who in a large-hearted spirit, seems to have included in her offering, not only all who had gone before, but all who were to come after her. The entry is, "Maria del Hay, cum omnibus suis progenitoribus et successoribus."
LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL WORKS CONSULTED.
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POTT.—Personennamen. Leipzig, 1853.
STARK.—Beitrage zur kunde Germanischer Personennamen. Vienna, 1857.—Die Kosenamen der Germanen. Vienna, 1868.
WEINHOLD.—Die Deutschen Frauen in dem Mittelalter. Vienna, 1851.
GLUCK.—Die bei C. Julius Cæsar vorkommenden Keltischen Namen. Vienna, 1857.
WASSENBERG.—Verhandeling over de Eigennaamen der Friesen. Franeker, 1774.
Islands Landnamabôk. Copenhagen.
Scriptores Rerum Langobardicarum et Italicarum, Sæc. 6-9. Hanover, 1878.
Polyptique de l'Abbé Irminon, ou denombrement des manses, des serfs, et des revenus de l'Abbaye de Saint Germain-des-Prés sous le regne de Charlemagne. Paris, 1844.
Polyptique de l'Abbaye de Saint Remi de Reims, ou denombrement des manses, des serfs, et des revenus de cette abbaye vers le milieu du neuvième siècle. Paris, 1853.
∵The above two Old Frankish records contain a list of the names of all the serfs and dependants of the respective abbeys, with the names also of their wives and children.
KEMBLE.—Codex diplomaticus Ævi Saxonici. London, 1845-48.
THORPE.—Diplomatorium Anglicum Ævi Saxonici. London, 1865.
TAYLOR.—Names and Places. London, 1864.
STEPHENS.—The Old Runic Monuments of Scandinavia and England. London.
MISS YONGE.—History of Christian Names. London, 1863.
LOWER.—Patronymica Britannica. London, 1860.
BOWDITCH.—Suffolk Surnames. Boston, U.S.A.
Liber Vitæ Ecclesiæ Dunelmensis. Published by the Surtees Society, London, 1841.