[ANSTHRLD] Help?

[Brian L. Rygg or Laura Barbee-Rygg]

Wulfgar (incoming Herald for the Shire of Tempio) wrote:

> has anyone ever had a reference for the
> surname "Duffel", in period or not?  I believe it to be English, or
> perhaps Anglo-Irish, but have no reference(s).

     Someone else will need to help from name resources, but as a  *word*
in English the earliest cite in the OED for duffel/duffle is 1677.  Spelled
"Duffield" in that first instance, it referred to a coarse woolen cloth.

     It might still work as a byname element, though, because the word
derived from a town in Brabbant called Duffel -- between Antwerp and
Mechlin.


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Brendan Pilgrim
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