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[William Palfreman]

On Wed, 16 Apr 2003, Viktor Lazlo wrote:

> Don't forget Dutch paard/German Pferd, both derived from a third Latin
> term "para veredus",

That is the origin of my surname.

>From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Palfrey \Pal"frey\, n. [OE. palefrai, OF. palefrei, F. palefroi,
     LL. palafredus, parafredus, from L. paraveredus a horse for
     extraordinary occasions, an extra post horse; Gr. ? along,
     beside + L. veredus a post horse.]

In fact it is a type of Celtic post horse used by the Romans in Gaul and
Britain.  Not an agricultural or domestic horse, but a semi-military
one that was not a charger or a battlefield one.

> from the days when common people had little
> experience with horses other than seeing those used by the king's
> messenger service.

Yeah!!!  2000 years of network communication protocols!

Regards,
Bill.