GOSLING

GOSLING. GOSTLING. From tlie Anglo-Norman Christian name Joscelyn, or Goccline. Fil' Goeelini, Goscelin, Gosselin, and several other forms are found in the H.E. The assimilation of the nauae to tliat of a j'Oimg goose by tlie addition of the g final is of modern date. Similar instances of the hardening of the soft g orj are observable in tlic Norman dialect. Thus jV<wfe and gi'rbc are made gamhe and guerhe.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.