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ArchivesRe: "Ceat/ Ceatta", "Blunt" and "Diprose" (Old English/ Norse)
in reply to a message by "Bagpus"
Blunt - this may be from the OE nickname which was derived from the Old French 'blund, blond' which quite simply means "blond, fair".
Diprose - God, this one is hard to find out about. I can find only one possible explanation for the first element 'dip'.
It may be from the Old English 'deop' which is sometimes found as 'dip' in names meaning "deep". To back this explanation up, you can find the surname Diprose as Deeprose as well, but it's by no means certain. The second element is probably just as you said, either from the Old German 'hros, hrod' meaning "fame" or it could simply mean "rose" from the ME 'rose' which often referred to the sign of the rose, as well as probably the flower.
Ceat/Ceatta - Again, this is a bit difficult. It is apparently pronounced 'CHAT' which led to place names such as Chatham. It may be from the ME kete, OE cyta meaning "kite, rapacious person" or from the OE cyte meaning "hut".
Although it may be from the Old English word that I found in the Germanic Lexicon Project which the description I can make neither head nor tail of it so I will post the full entry for you. Sorry.
ceat a thing; res. Cot. 100 :-- Ceatta cheats; circumventiones, Som. Ben. Lye.
http://penguin.pearson.swarthmore.edu/scrist1/cgi-bin/gmc_query_two?cmd=formquery&word=ceatta&startrow=0
Diprose - God, this one is hard to find out about. I can find only one possible explanation for the first element 'dip'.
It may be from the Old English 'deop' which is sometimes found as 'dip' in names meaning "deep". To back this explanation up, you can find the surname Diprose as Deeprose as well, but it's by no means certain. The second element is probably just as you said, either from the Old German 'hros, hrod' meaning "fame" or it could simply mean "rose" from the ME 'rose' which often referred to the sign of the rose, as well as probably the flower.
Ceat/Ceatta - Again, this is a bit difficult. It is apparently pronounced 'CHAT' which led to place names such as Chatham. It may be from the ME kete, OE cyta meaning "kite, rapacious person" or from the OE cyte meaning "hut".
Although it may be from the Old English word that I found in the Germanic Lexicon Project which the description I can make neither head nor tail of it so I will post the full entry for you. Sorry.
ceat a thing; res. Cot. 100 :-- Ceatta cheats; circumventiones, Som. Ben. Lye.
http://penguin.pearson.swarthmore.edu/scrist1/cgi-bin/gmc_query_two?cmd=formquery&word=ceatta&startrow=0
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Thank you, once again, especially for the thoughts on Diprose, to say the least i was more than a little stuck!
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