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484 INTERPRETATION OF NAMES.
ENGrEL, a messenger, one who is sent; Greek, angehs, a mes-
senger, one who announces anything directly, or indirectly.
Several names occur compounded of the prefix angel, and the
affix berth, bright, fair, as Angelbert, and hart, hort, shield,
rock, or defence, as Engelhart.
ENOCH, one who is consecrated, dedicated, or disciplined;
Hebrew, channok, initiated, or initiating.
EPHRAIM, fruitful, that brings, or bears much fruit; Hebrew,
e/raim.
ERASMUS, worthy of being loved ; Greek, erasmios, amiable,
lovely, from erao, to love tenderly.
ERDMANN, Erdman, earth-man ; Anglo-Saxon, eardf eorih,
yrüi, earth, and loian, mann, man.
EHRHARD, Erhart, high-minded, magnanimous ; Gothic or
Gernjan, Ehre, Ehr, honor, and heard, card, hard, unyield-
ing, literally, over-honorable—of various orthography, Erhat,
Erart, Erert.
ERICH, Ehrenreich, highly honorable, full of honor; German,
from Ehre, Ehren, honor, honors, and reich, rich, wealthy,
opulent.
ERNESTUS, Ernest, Ernst, serious, one that is grave or stern
Anglo-Saxon, earnest, geornest, earnest ; Germanice, ernstlich.
ETIENNE, French; Stephan, Stephanus, Stephen, a crown,
one who is crowned ; Greek, Stephanos, a crown, a wreath, a
garland; from stepho, I crown, I decorate with a crown,
hence stephanoo, I bestow a crown, I crown.
I'] WALD, one who is strong, vigorous, stout, able-bodied
F. Pichler. Probably old German, ewalt, e, ge, and wait,
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{potentia in Latin) power, strength Gewalt, power, force,
authority. Er ist in seiner Gewalt, he is in his power.
FABIAN, Fabius, one who delays, one who is dilatory. Perhaps,
one who imitates Q. Fabius Maximus, avoiding battle.
It occurs only once or twice as a Portuguese baptismal name.
FELIX, fortunate, happy, prosperous; Latin, felix, felicisy
happy. Vir Felix, a happy man.
FERDINANDUS, Ferdinand, meritorious, full of merit, well
deserving— F. Pichler; old German, ferdienen, verdienen,
to deserve, or earn merit, verdienend, deserving merit.
FIDELIS, faithful, true, honest, loyal, trusty; Latin, as Fi-
delis in amicitiis, true in friendship.
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