Others recall special points connected with savage life, such as the dislike of iron and steel, and the prejudice against the mention of a personal name.
This is confirmed by the fact that in many places where similar traditions are located, no personal name at all is given to the hero.
In all these cases the thought is distinguishable from that of the Carnarvonshire sagas; for the offence is not given by the utterance of a personal name, but by incautious use of a generic appellation which conveys reproach, if not scorn.
But with these and perhaps one or two other exceptions, the word contained is simply a personal name, and the question is--in what connection is it used?
Mr. Kemble was the first to call attention to the fact that very many of the names of places in England, as disclosed by the forms in which these names appear in ancient charters, consist of a personal name in a patronymic form.
We have seen in a preceding chapter that the earliest Saxon place-names in England are derived from a personal name, and that the idea contained is that of a modified form of common right.
Selfe, which appears to represent a personal name Seleth, probably from Anglo-Sax, saelth, bliss.
With these we may compare Twells, at wells, and the numerous cases in which the first part of a personal name is dropped, e.
This adjective, used as a personal name, gave also Bunn and Bunce; for the spelling of the latter name cf.
Of all our Lord's recorded parables this is the only one in which a personal name is applied to any of the characters.
The appellative "Elias" is in fact both a personal name and a title.
It is important to know that the designation, Elias, here applied by Jesus to the Baptist, is a title rather than a personal name, and that it has no reference to Elijah, the ancient prophet called the Tishbite.
It occurs, however, as a personal name in the inscriptions of Assyria at least twice, the bearer of it being in one case a charioteer, one of nine officials of "the Huhamite.
Whether This Name "Father" Is Applied to God, Firstly As a Personal Name?
Objection 1: It would seem that this name "Father" is not applied to God, firstly as a personal name.
Objection 1: It would seem that Word in God is not a personal name.
What shall the little ones take for a personal name?
Recent criticism has shown that, whether the word was originally intended as a personal name or not, it was a purely artificial one borrowed from chap.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "personal name" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
