TELFER

TELFER. Fr. tailh-fer. A name of great anticjuity. The exploits of the noble jouglere Taillefer at the liattle of Hastings are well-known. "William, Count of Augoulesme, in a battle against the Northmen, engaged their king Storis, and with one stroke of his sword Burimma, forged by the great Wayland Smith, cut in two his body and cuirass. Hence he acquired the

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