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English Surnames

Note 635 — Chapter VI · ‘Nicknames.’ (continued 2)

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A clever article in the Edinburgh Review, April 1855, suggests ‘Blood’ and ‘Death’ from ‘S’Blood’ and ‘S’Death,’ the abbreviated ‘God’s blood’ and ‘God’s death.’

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