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486 INTERPRETATION OP NAMES.
something precious, a treasure or inheritance, something to be
carefiillj preserved. Den himmlischen Hort, den Gott seinen
Soldenern wül geben dort— Basler Chronik, A. D. 1561.
GOTTHELF, Gotthülf, God-help; German, Gott, God; hü/,
half, hülfe, help, assistance, support.
GOTTHOLD, God-gracious, merciful, propitious; German,
Gott, God; hold, gracious, affectionate, favorable.
GOTTLIEB, God-pleasing, beloved of God; German, Gott,
God; lieb, dear, beloved, pleasing, agreeable—same as Theo-
philus.
GOTTLOB, God be praised; German, Gott, God; lob, praise,
eulogy.
GRAFF, Graf, an earl, a count ; German—occurs only once or
twice as a baptismal name.
GREGORIUS, Gregor, Gregory, one who is lively, sprightly
one who is watchful, vigilant; Greek, from gregoreo, to
watch, to be vigilant, to be awake ; from egdro, to awaken,
to stir up, to animate.
GUILLIAUME, Portuguese, see Wilhelm.
GUSTAVUS, see Augustus.
GYLLYAN, see Kilian.
HECTOR, commander, lord, ruler, master, or one who arrests
and holds fast—F. Pichler ; Greek.
HEINRICH, Heinerich, Henrich, Heniy, a courageous man,
a spirited hero—F. Pichler. Probably from the Anglo-Saxon
hentan, hsen, hent, to seize, to lay hold of, to conquer, or to
overcome, as hasn, hentan, sich einer Sache bemächtigen, and
ricca, ric, rich, possessing a large portion, literally, possessing
a large portion of courage, to overcome. It may be derived
from the Greek enorea, manly courage, vigor—abbreviated
Hein, Heintz, Hintz.
HELFRECHT, help-right, a suitable assistant ; Anglo-Saxon,
hi/lp, helpan, to assist, hence help, or assistance, and riht,
reht, German recht, right, fit, suitable, proper, becoming, at
a convenient time. Helfrecht, locally used, is " the right of
selling unredeemed pledges."
HENRICHS, same as Henry, which see above.
HERRMANN, Herman, Herrmanns, Arminius, a war-man,
one who is valiant; lord-man, master-man, one who subdues;
Gotliic, gerr, ger, spear or lance, and manna', Anglo-Saxon,
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