A DISSERTATION 
ON THE 
ANGLO-SAXON PATRONYMICS. 
—— 
BY JOHN JUST. 
(Read Nov. 12, 1844.) 
There are few persons among us who have 
devoted much time to the study of the origin and 
elements of our own tongue ; who, before they be- 
came thoroughly acquainted with the remains of 
the Anglo-Saxon literature, and with the kindred 
dialects which throw so much light upon the 
structure and expressiveness of that noble lan- 
guage—may not have been frequently at a loss 
to account satisfactorily for certain suffixes in the 
names of persons, places, and things, with which 
they are familiar. Far back into remote antiquity, 
as the annals of any people run, such annals 
invariably bring before us patriarchal government 
over family communities, as the first kind of rule 
exercised among mankind. The founder of each 
