Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗name
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAn English surname originating as an occupation common in Sussex.
Of multiple origins, including an occupational surname for a sawyer, or an assayer of metals, or a seller of serge cloth ( Middle English say), or a sewer.
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- Derivation mentionsayenm
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