Dictionarium Britannicum: or a more compleat universal etymological English dictionary than any extant ... / Collected by several hands, the mathmatical part by G. Gordon, the botanical by P. Miller. The whole revis'd and improv'd ... by N. Bailey.

  • Nathan Bailey
Date:
1730
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Credit: Dictionarium Britannicum: or a more compleat universal etymological English dictionary than any extant ... / Collected by several hands, the mathmatical part by G. Gordon, the botanical by P. Miller. The whole revis'd and improv'd ... by N. Bailey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    3 6 IIow el [Camden drives it of Ha/©- the fun] a fir- “hoxtoN [anciently written Hogilfdun, probably by a Metatbefisfor HaligUm, «. #. an holy town] a place m Sx memorable on account of the martyrdom o St |Jmund the king ; alfo a town on the north-fide of “'huBE^tof he* colon, and bcopho, Sax. bright or ^uloVlTnugo, L. or l)003h, Du. high] a name. “ S'^eTfLo [InSlaMtb, i. »• the ford of the E,g- ^HuVs°d ET[profabl'y fo called of hun*e an hound and Hu NS DEN IP the town of hounds, from its having K anciently 7 place ^f great refor, for hunting] a town fthe Huater’l-towri] the counry-to^n 'of !he (hi.e; in ancient timer called tmerbar, oUmeltlr, a holy man who was buried there. I TAbesh [tfn\ Heb. i. e. confufion] the father of SUU tZs HO1 Heb. i. e. underftanding] a king of Ha^or ]acob pipy” Heb. i.r. a fupplanter] the father ot th jlTpyt Heb. fe. a doe] the wife of Heber the K James [fayme, Span, Jacobus, L. ®f 2py\ Heb. a fupplanter] a proper name-ofmen were the ancicnt Iceni, the name ot the people Knrfolk inhabitant’s of the counties now called Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridge and Huntingdon. t r Ichabou [TOT. Heb. r. e. t*« » y 7 »f the T nrdl the fon of Phineas, a pneltot the Jews. iJkSeOTOE [of I«»i and buph. Sax.] the totvn or cattle ot the ^ vqq a bafis or foundation Jechoniah rVTJ:*, L”d ”drllnl’e juii£mcnt “in' the Lord, Heb.] a king of Judah $ Jehu [Nim, Heb. ». e. being] a captain who wa. anointed king by Elifia. *fENKiNS ? all of them formed of Join, probably |e N KIN s on V much the fame as the ion of John. JEREMIAH prVQT, Heb. i. e. exalting the Lord] the name ofaproget contended and Oy ,rS5“l«5i *e tirfl king of .he ro tribes °' f^'sALE« uAilH', of nifear ye QTO Salem, jisttl'f fit etft. firert [fo called of the Kern, the ancient in. habitants* ^of Norfolk Suffolk and Cambridge?,re ] one of Sc 4 famous high-ways which thc Romans made in Bfc- Und which led from Southampton to Tinmouth. Immanuel [^JDy, Heb. : e.God With us] aname -r (a),r:n Tcfus our blefled Redeemer. Ingram [fome derive it of 6n£el and angel and pe.n, SXJoABt[n^\ Heb. i. e. fatherhood] the captain-general bf SK1Drf09a^: ofnU’ the Lord and D1P'>Heb’ G, of pnv. H~KSc Lord] a King 0fj?f[2Vtf,Heb. q. d. patient] a man renowned for ^ajoHN [|3H\ *• e• the grace of God] a proper name ot k i Jonah [Hil', Heb. t. e. a dove] the name of a pro- Ph Jonathan [jrwn\ of mPP the Lord and JPJ he rrave, Heb. i. e. die gift of God] the fon of king Saul. S Joram [Cm*in\ Heb. i.e. the height of the Lord' a king of Judah. , _ n Jordan [piV, Heh. ue the river of judgment] a river in the land of Judea. Joseph plDV,Heb. i.e. he (hall add or encreafe] a fon of Jacob. , Josi AH piTttJNh ofl^Sfire and mil' the Lord and yii^i he faved] a king ot Judab. Joshua [yl£nn\ Heb. i.e. the Lord Saviour] ago- vernour of the Ifraelites. Ipswich [Liprpich, fo called of the river Gtpptng and pic. Sax. a bay] a fea-port in Suffolk. Ireland [Otisyta., Gr. ptoerDcn, C. Br.] the wefter- moft ifland in Europe. r Iscariot [fome derive the name ot ~JU, Syr. a purie, or of IplW falthood or lying,others of FlTHp a r°wl1 of Judab] a firname of Judas, who betrayed our Saviour ChIsis, the river Oufe in iVtltjbire, which afterwards meet¬ ing with the river Thames is called Thamijis. Islington [probably of 50T<d> Sax. an hoftage or en¬ tertainment and tun, Sax. a town, fo named on account of the many inns there] a town about two miles north o the city of London. Q Is lip [fome derive it of Self*, a gueft and leojc, »?• dear, q.d. an hofpiral town, kind to ftrangers] a town in Oxfordshire, memorable for the birth ot Edward the Con- ^IsHMAET. WynW'r ofyow hath heard andiW God, y. d. God hath heard] the name ot the Ion ot Abra- *TsRAE^SiOU;\ he a£1:ed the pajr of 3 prince and *W God, Heb. q. d. prevailing wuh Gjd] a name given by the angel to Jacob, after their wreftlmgto ^Lsachar nDMOWIDlP he hired or wages] one Jub AL [72V, Heb. i. e. fading ; alfo a trumpet] a fon °f ]vd\H [rnn\ Heb. i. e. praife] Jacob’s eldeft fon. Judith [HnitT, Heb. i. e. praifing] a proper name of women. K RAtharine [Cattiarina, L. of xot3*e?f» Gr. pure] a proper name of women. Kemp [cempa, Sax. a foldier] a firname. Ken El M [y. kind helm or helmet, r. *. the protestor of his kindred, as Camden foppofes ; but Verfiegap derives it of cnninS, Sax. a king and Jjalm, Teut. an helmet] a ^ICenred [of cene bold .and pete, Sax. counfel] the name of a king of Northumberland. Kenric [of cene bold and JHc, Sax. a kingdom, y a valiant ruler] a king of the Weft Saxons Kfnt [cent, which Camden derives ot canton a cor ner, becaufc in this place England runs out in a comer to the north-caft ; Lambard derives it of cam, C. Br. a leaf, becaufc anciently it abounded in leaves] the fouth-eaftern “KENWOLpffof cene bold and ulph, Sax. help] a kino- of the Wefi-Saxons, founder of Wincham-Abbey in Gloce- KiMBetTON anciently called Kinmvantsim, ot cene bold and ton] a town in Huntingtonfhire . , b Kinburgh [of Gynjiene and bup&, Sax. r. e. the ftrength and defence of kindred] a proper name ot wo- m Kingston [of bins and tun, Ssx. y Kings-town] * town fituate on the river Thames in Surrey famous for havL been the feat of the Enghjb-Saxon kings in the Danif!) wars and the coronation ot 5 kings. KlEK 0/E..U [>.« O/.* Bhurch, a tog, m honour of whom a temple was there eteOed] a town ... Camber- land, called vulgarly Kirk Vzzala. r.AM- men.