One shall say I am the Lord's: and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob: and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and sirname himself by the name of Israel.
For, if a person could attain Jacob's spirit, name and sirname would be lovely in their eyes, covenant and covenanting.
The other version is entitled Dicky of Ballyman, and a note informs us that 'Dicky of Ballyman's sirname was Byrne!
As our readers may like to hear how the Somersetshire bumpkin behaved after he had located himself in the town of Ballyman, and taken the sirname of Byrne, we give the whole of his amatory adventures in the sister- island.
His very sirname had an influence upon the good will of his superstitious and devoted followers.
To distinguish the natural Son from the Sons by Adoption, the Honour of which Sirname he imputes to us also, that we may look for no other besides this Son.
A Cat, whose Sirnamepretty hard was, One Captain Felis Rodilardus.
The uniform tradition bears, that his sirname was Lermont, or Learmont; and that the appellation of The Rhymer was conferred on him in consequence of his poetical compositions.
The chief, who led out the sirname of Scott upon this occasion, was (saith Satchells) Walter Scott of Ancrum, a natural son of Walter of Buccleuch.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sirname" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
