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INTERPRETATION OF NAMES. 487
man, mann, man, the man, the lord, or chief, who wields the
lance.*
HERTZOGr, Herzog, a duke, a sovereign prince, a chief, a
prince; German.
HIERONYMUS, Jerome, an ecclesiastic, a person in orders,
consecrated to the service of the church and the ministry of
religion ; Greek, from ieros, consecrated, and nemo, to pasture
and rule, hence nomas, an ordinance, divine law, custom.
HIPOLITE, Hipolito, occurs as a Portuguese baptismal name,
from Hippolitus; Greek, ippolutos, from ippos, horse, and
luo, luso, to loose, slacken, set at liberty, hence lutos, loosed,
susceptible of being loosed.
HIRAM, exalted life, the most high liveth—Heubner; exaltation
of life ; Hebrew, hiram, herem, something devoted to
Jehovah.
HUBERT, Hubrecht, -one who is renowned, famous, or celebrated—F.
Pichler; Anglo-Saxon, höh, hub, Uft, lifting,
raised, exalted ; and riht, reht, recht, right, proper, suitable,
fit—suitably exalted.
IGNATIUS, Ignace, one that is ardent, fiery, one who glows
with joy; Latin, ignis, fire, igneus, fiery, glowing.
ILLES, Hlos, one who squints, a person aflfected with strabism
Greek, illos, the eye, Ulis, one who rolls the eyes, from illo,
to look askance.
IRENiEUS, Irene, one who is peaceable; Greek, eirene, es,
peace, concord, calmness, rest.
* The Romans called die Deutschen Germans, from their warlike
and valiant mode of thinking, a name which the Tungi, a body of
German warriors, first bore, and was subsequently applied to all their
race, to express their warlike manners, and thus to impress their enemies
with terror. This name was willingly adopted by the Germans,
as a name of honor. The man, whose heart is in the proper place, is
proud of the honorable title, "^ German" A Herrmann.
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ein Herrmann.
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