See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

AUGUSTUS See also:

• WOLLASTON, WILLIAM (1659--1724)
• WOLLASTON, WILLIAM HYDE (1766-1828)

WOLLASTON See also:

• FRANKS
• SIR AUGUSTUS WOLLASTON FRANKS (1826-1897)

FRANKS (1826-1897)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• ANTIQUARY

antiquary, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the loth of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1826, and was educated at See also:

• ETON

Eton and at Trinity See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge . He See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early showed inclination for antiquarian pursuits, and in 1851 was appointed assistant in the Antiquities See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

Department of the See also:

• BRITISH

British Museum . Here, and as director of the Society of Antiquaries, an See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment he received in 1858, he made himself the first authority in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England upon See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval antiquities of all descriptions, upon See also:

• PORCELAIN

porcelain, See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass, the manufactures of See also:

• SAVAGE
• SAVAGE, MINOT JUDSON (1841– )
• SAVAGE, RICHARD (d. 1743)

savage nations, and in See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general upon all See also:

• ORIENTAL

Oriental curiosities and See also:

• WORKS

works of See also:

• ART

art later than the Classical See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period . 111'1866 the British and medieval antiquities, with the ethnographical collections, were formed into a distinct department under his superintendence; and the See also:

• CHRISTY, HENRY (1810-1865)

Christy collection of ethnography in See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

Street, See also:

• LONDON

London, See also:

• PRIOR (from Lat. prior—former, and hence superior, through O. Fr. priour)
• PRIOR, MATTHEW (1664-1721)

prior to its amalgamation with the British Museum collections, was also under his care . He became See also:

• VICE

vice-See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president and ultimately president of the Society of Antiquaries, and in 1878 declined the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal librarianship of the museum . He retired on his seventieth birthday, 1896, and died on the 21st of May 1897 . His ample See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune was largely devoted to the collection of See also:

• CERAMICS, or KERAMICS (Gr. KEpapos, earthenware)

ceramics and, See also:

• PRECIOUS (O. Fr. precios, mod. precieux, Lat. pretiosus, of high value or price, pretium)

precious See also:

• OBJECTS

objects of medieval art, most bf which became the See also:

• PROPERTY

property of the nation, either by donation in his lifetime or by See also:

• BEQUEST (from 0. Eng. becwethan, to declare or express in words; cf. " quoth ")

bequest at his See also:

• DEATH

death . Although chiefly a medieval antiquary, See also:

• FRANKS
• FRANKS, SIR AUGUSTUS WOLLASTON (1826-1897)

Franks was also an authority on classical art, especially See also:

• ROMAN

Roman remains in See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain: he was also greatly interested in See also:

• BOOK

book-marks and playing-See also:

• CARDS, PLAYING

cards, of both of which he formed important collections . He edited See also:

• KEMBLE
• KEMBLE, JOHN MITCHELL (1807-1857)

Kemble's Horae Ferales, and wrote numerous See also:

• MEMOIRS

memoirs on archaeological subjects . Perhaps his most important See also:

• WORK

work of this class is the See also:

• CATALOGUE (a Fr. adaptation of the Gr. KaraXoyos, a register, from Karalyety, to enrol or pick out)

catalogue of his own collection of porcelain . 36 soldiers; See also:

• SALII

Salii seniores and Salii juniores are mentioned in the Notitia dignitatum, and Salii appear among the auxilia palatina . At the end of the 4th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century and at the beginning of the 5th, when the Roman legions withdrew from the See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks of the See also:

• RHINE (Lat. Rhenus, Ger. Rhein, Fr. Rhin, Dutch Rhyn, or Rijn)

Rhine, the Salians installed themselves in the See also:

• DISTRICT

district as an See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent See also:

• PEOPLE

people .

The See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place-names became entirely Germanic; the Latin See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language disappeared; and the See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion suffered a check, for the Franks were to a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man pagans . The Salians were subdivided into a certain number of tribes, each tribe placing at its See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head a See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king, distinguished by his See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair and chosen from the most See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble See also:

• FAMILY

family (Historia Francorum, ii . 9) . The most See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient of these See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings, reigning over the principal tribe, who is known to us is Chlodio .l According to See also:

• GREGORY
• GREGORY (Gregorius)
• GREGORY (Grigorii) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1734-1783)
• GREGORY, EDWARD JOHN (1850-19o9)
• GREGORY, OLINTHUS GILBERT (1774—1841)
• GREGORY, ST (c. 213-C. 270)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NAZIANZUS (329–389)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NYSSA (c.331—c. 396)
• GREGORY, ST, OF TOURS (538-594)

Gregory of See also:

• TOURS

Tours Chlodio dwelt at a place called Dispargum, which it is impossible to identify . Towards 431 he crossed the See also:

• GREAT

great Roman road from Bavay to See also:

• COLOGNE (Ger. Koln, or officially, since 1900, Coln)

Cologne, which was protected by numerous forts and had long arrested the invasions of the barbarians . He then invaded the territory of See also:

• ARRAS

Arras, but was severely defeated at Hesdin-le-Vieux by See also:

• AETIUS
• AETIUS (d. 454)
• AETIUS (fl. 350)

Aetius, the See also:

• COMMANDER

commander of the Roman See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army in See also:

• GAUL
• GAUL, GILBERT WILLIAM (1855— )

Gaul . Chlodio, however, soon took his revenge . He explored the region of See also:

• CAMBRAI

Cambrai, seized that See also:

• TOWN

town, and occupied all the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country as far as the See also:

• SOMME

Somme . At this See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time See also:

• TOURNAI (Flemish Doornik)

Tournai became the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the Salian Franks . After Chlodio a certain Meroveus (Merowech) was king of the Salian Franks . We do not know if he was the son of Chlodio; Gregory of Tours simply says that he belonged to Chlodio's stock —" de hujus stirpe quidam Merovechum regem fuisse adserunt," —and then only gives the fact at second See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand . Perhaps the remarks of the See also:

• BYZANTINE

Byzantine historian See also:

• PRISCUS

Priscus may refer to Meroveus .

A king of the Franks having died, his two sons disputed the See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power . The See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder journeyed into See also:

• PANNONIA

Pannonia to obtain support from See also:

• ATTILA (d. 453)

Attila; the younger betook himself to the imperial See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court at See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome . " I have seen him," writes Priscus; "he was still very See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young, and we all remarked his See also:

• FAIR

fair hair which See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell upon his shoulders." Aetius welcomed him warmly and sent him back a friend and foederatus . In any See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case, eventually, Franks fought (451) in the Roman ranks at the great See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• MAURIAC

Mauriac (the Catalaunian See also:

• FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

Fields), which arrested the progress of Attila into Gaul; and in the Vita Lupi, which, though undoubtedly of later date, is a recension of an earlier document, the name of Meroveus appears among the combatants . Towards 457 Meroveus was succeeded by his son Childeric . At first Childeric was a faithful foederatus of the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans, fighting for them against the Visigoths and the See also:

• SAXONS

Saxons See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of the See also:

• LOIRE

Loire; but he soon sought to make himself independent and to extend his conquests . He died in 481 and was succeeded by his son See also:

• CLOVIS [Chlodovech] (c. 466-511)

Clovis, who conquered the whole of Gaul with the exception of the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of See also:

• BURGUNDY

Burgundy and See also:

• PROVENCE (Provincia, Proenza)

Provence . Clovis made his authority recognized over the other Salian tribes (whose kings dwelt at Cambrai and other cities), and put an end to the domination of the Ripuarian Franks . These Ripuarians must have comprised a certain number of Frankish tribes, such as the Ampsivarii and the Bructeri . They settled in the 5th century in compact masses on the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• BANK

bank of the Rhine, but their progress was slow . It was not until the Christian writer See also:

• SALVIAN

Salvian (who was born about 400) had already reached a fairly advanced See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age that they were able to seize Cologne . The town, however, was recaptured and was not definitely in their See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession until 463 .

The Ripuarians subsequently occupied all the country from Cologne to See also:

• TRIER (French Troves)

Trier . See also:

• AIX

Aix-la-Chapelle, See also:

• BONN

Bonn and Zulpich were their principal centres, and they even advanced southward as far as See also:

• METZ

Metz, which appears to have resisted their attacks . The Roman See also:

• CIVILIZATION

civilization and the Latin language disappeared from the countries which they occupied; indeed it seems that the actual boundaries of the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German and See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages nearly coincide with those of their dominion . In their southward progress the Ripuarians 1 The chronicler Fredegarius and the author of the See also:

• LIBER

Liber historiae Francorum make Sunno and Marcomeres his predecessors, but in reality they were chiefs of other Frankish tribes . The author of the Liber also claims that Chlodio was the son of Pharamund, but this personage is quite legendary . In the Chronicon of Fredegarius it is already affirmed that the Franks are descended from the Trojans.encountered the See also:

• ALAMANNI, or ALEMANNI, LUIGI (1495-1556)
• ALAMANNI, or ALLEMANNI

Alamanni, who, already masters of See also:

• ALSACE (Ger. Elsass)

Alsace, were endeavouring to extend their conquests in all directions . There were numerous battles between the Ripuarians and the Alamanni; and the memory of one fought at Zulpich has come down to us . In this battle See also:

• SIGEBERT (d. 575)

Sigebert, the king of the Ripuarians, was wounded in the See also:

• KNEE (O. E. cneow, a word common to Indo-European languages, cf. Ger. Knie, Fr. genou, Span. hinojo, Lat. genu, Gr. ybvv, Sansk. janu)

knee and limped during the See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder of his See also:

• LIFE

life—hence his surname Claudus (the Lame) . The Ripuarians long remained See also:

• ALLIES, THOMAS WILLIAM (1813-1903)

allies of Clovis, Sigebert's son Chloderic fighting under the king of the Salian Franks at Vouille in 507 . Clovis, however, persuaded Chloderic to assassinate his See also:

• FATHER

father, and then posed as Sigebert's avenger, with the result that Chloderic was himself assassinated and the Ripuarians raised Clovis on the See also:

• SHIELD (0. Eng. scild, cf. Du. and Ger. Schild, Dan. Skjold; the origin is doubtful, but may be referred to the root seen in " shell " or " scale "; another suggestion connects it with Icel. skjalla, to clash, rattle; it is not connected with the Indo-Ger
• SHIELD, WILLIAM (1748—1829)

shield and See also:

• CHOSE (Fr. for " thing ")

chose him as king . Thus the Salian Franks See also:

• UNITED

united under their See also:

• RULE

rule all the Franks on the left bank of the Rhine . During the reigns of Clovis's sons they again turned their eyes on See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, and imposed their See also:

• SUZERAINTY

suzerainty upon the Franks on the right bank .

This country, See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

Main and the first See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of the Franks, then received the name of See also:

• FRANCIA (c. 1450-1517)
• FRANCIA, JOSE GASPAR RODRIGUEZ (c. 1757-1840)

Francia Orientalis, and became the origin of one of the duchies into which Germany was divided in the loth century—the duchy of See also:

• FRANCONIA (Ger. Franken)

Franconia (Franken) . The Franks were redoubtable warriors, and were generally of great stature . Their fair or red hair was brought forward from the See also:

• CROWN

crown of the head towards the forehead, leaving the nape of the See also:

• NECK (O. Eng. hnecca; the word appears in many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch ride, Ger. Nacken; in O. E. the common word was heals; cf. Ger. Hals)

neck uncovered; they shaved the See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face except the upper See also:

• LIP (a word common in various forms, to Teutonic languages, cf Ger. Lippe, Dan. laebe; Lat. labium is cognate)

lip . They wore fairly See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close breeches reaching to the knee and a See also:

• TUNIC (0. Eng. tunice, tunical, taken, before the Norman con-quest, directly from Lat. tunica, of which the origin is unknown)

tunic fastened by brooches . See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

Round the See also:

• WAIST

waist over the tunic was worn a leathern See also:

• GIRDLE (O. Eng. gyrdel, from gyrdan, to gird; cf. Ger. Gurtel, Dutch gordel, from giirten and gorden; "gird" and its doublet " girth " together with the other Teutonic cognates have been referred by some to the root ghar—to seize, enclose, seen in Gr. )(s

girdle having a broad See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron See also:

• BUCKLE, HENRY THOMAS (1821–1862)

buckle damascened with See also:

• SILVER

silver . From the girdle hung the single-edged missile See also:

• AXE (0. Eng. aex; a word common, in different forms, in the Teutonic languages, and akin to the Greek 41v17; the New English Dictionary prefers the spelling " ax ")

axe or francisca, the scramasax or See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• KNIFE (0. E. cuff, a word appearing in different forms in many Teutonic languages, cf. Du. knijf, Ger. Kneif, a shoe-maker's knife, Swed. knif; the ultimate origin is unknown; Skeat finds the origin in the root of " nip," formerly " knip "; Fr. canif is a

knife, a See also:

• PONIARD

poniard and such articles of See also:

• TOILET

toilet as See also:

• SCISSORS

scissors, a See also:

• COMB (a word common in various forms to Teut. languages, cf. Ger. Kamm, the Indo-Europ. origin of which is seen in yoµros, a peg or pin, and Sanskrit, gambhas, a tooth)

comb (of See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood or See also:

• BONE (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages, in many of which it is confined to the shank of the leg, as in the German Bein)
• BONE, HENRY (1755-1834)

bone), &c . The Franks also used a weapon called the framea (an iron See also:

• LANCE

lance set firmly in a wooden See also:

• SHAFT
• SHAFT (O. Eng., sceaft, from scafan, to shave; the word is common to Teutonic languages)

shaft), and bows and arrows . They protected themselves in battle with a large wooden or wicker shield, the centre of which was ornamented with an iron See also:

• BOSS

boss (umbo) . Frankish arms and See also:

• ARMOUR, PHILIP DANFORTH (1832-1901)

armour have been found in the cemeteries which abound throughout See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, the warriors being buried fully armed . See J . See also:

• GRIMM, FRIEDRICH MELCHIOR, I
• GRIMM, JACOB LUDWIG CARL (1785-1863)
• GRIMM, WILHELM CARL (1786-1859)

Grimm, Deutsche Rechtsalterthiimer (See also:

• GOTTINGEN

Gottingen, 1828) ; K . Mullenhoff, Deutsche Altertumskunde (See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, 1883—1900) ; E. von Wietersheim, Geschichte der Volkerwanderung, 2nd ed., ed. by F .

See also:

• DAHN, JULIUS SOPHUS FELIX (1834— )

Dahn (See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 188o—1881); G . See also:

• WAITZ, GEORG (1813-1886)
• WAITZ, THEODOR (1821-1864)

Waitz, Deutsche Verfassungsgeschichte, vol. i . (4th ed. revised by Zeumer) ; R . See also:

• SCHRODER
• SCHRODER, FRIEDRICH LUDWIG (1744-1816)
• SCHRODER, SOPHIE (1781-1868)

Schroder, " See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die Ausbreitung der salischen Franken," in Forschungen zur deutschen Geschichte, vol. xix . ; K . Lamprecht, Frdnkische Wanderungen and Ansiedelungen (Aix-la-Chapelle, 1882) ; W . See also:

• SCHULTZ, HERMANN (1836- )

Schultz, Deutsche Geschichte von der Urzeit bis zu den Karolingern, vol. ii . (See also:

• STUTTGART

Stuttgart, 1896) ; Fustel de Coulanges, Histoire See also:

• DES

des institutions politiques de l'ancienne France—l'invasion germanique (See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, 1891) . Also the articles SALIC See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

LAW and GERMANIC See also:

• LAWS

LAWS, EARLY . (C .