Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
Shafe — This interesting name is of Anglo Saxon origin, and may be either a topographical or a locational surname. As a topographical name, Shaw was used for someone who lived by a copse, wood, or thicket, derived from the Old English pre 7th Century… … Surnames reference
Shave — This interesting name is of Anglo Saxon origin, and may be either a topographical or a locational surname. As a topographical name, Shaw was used for someone who lived by a copse, wood, or thicket, derived from the Old English pre 7th Century… … Surnames reference
Shaves — This interesting name is of Anglo Saxon origin, and may be either a topographical or a locational surname. As a topographical name, Shaw was used for someone who lived by a copse, wood, or thicket, derived from the Old English pre 7th Century… … Surnames reference
Shawe — This interesting name is of Anglo Saxon origin, and may be either a topographical or a locational surname. As a topographical name, Shaw was used for someone who lived by a copse, wood, or thicket, derived from the Old English pre 7th Century… … Surnames reference
Shay — This interesting name is of Anglo Saxon origin, and may be either a topographical or a locational surname. As a topographical name, Shaw was used for someone who lived by a copse, wood, or thicket, derived from the Old English pre 7th Century… … Surnames reference
Shayes — This interesting name is of Anglo Saxon origin, and may be either a topographical or a locational surname. As a topographical name, Shaw was used for someone who lived by a copse, wood, or thicket, derived from the Old English pre 7th Century… … Surnames reference
Shea — This interesting name is of Anglo Saxon origin, and may be either a topographical or a locational surname. As a topographical name, Shaw was used for someone who lived by a copse, wood, or thicket, derived from the Old English pre 7th Century… … Surnames reference
Shaw — This interesting name is of Anglo Saxon origin, and may be either a topographical or a locational surname. As a topographical name, Shaw was used for someone who lived by a copse, wood, or thicket, derived from the Old English pre 7th Century… … Surnames reference
shaw — (n.) strip of wood forming the border of a field, 1570s, from O.E. sceaga copse, cognate with N.Fris. skage farthest edge of cultivated land, O.N. skage promontory, and perhaps to O.E. sceaga rough matted hair (see SHAG (Cf. shag) (n.)). The Old… … Etymology dictionary
shaw — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sceaga; akin to Old Norse skegg beard more at shag Date: before 12th century dialect coppice, thicket II. noun Etymology: probably alteration of show Date: 1726 … New Collegiate Dictionary
