[50] This ending may be the same as the Scotch eck or ick, p. [25].
[51] Förstemann, Altdeutsches Namenbuch. (Vol. 1. Personennamen).
[52] The names Armine and Arminger, (of which Iremonger may be a corruption), occur in Lower's Patronymica Britannica. And Armingaud is one of the many names of German or Frankish origin still found in France.
[53] E. G. Welsh lli, llion, stream, llif, llifon, flood, srann, srannan, humming, &c.
[54] Hence perhaps Lemanaghan, a parish of Leinster, which consists chiefly of bog.
[55] The names Pathissus and Temes I take to have the same meaning. I know no reason for supposing that the one name is less ancient than the other.
[56] The derivation of Strabo, from parthenos, virgin, in reference to the flowers on its banks, seems rather far-fetched.