Släkthistoria för Seary
Seary Vad efternamn betyder
possibly a suffixed form of Middle English sere ‘dry withered’ seen also for example in Godefridus Seredust 1199 in Curia Regis Rolls . Such extended adjectives are sometimes found in Early Modern English as in stouty and the surviving lanky. ‘... certain monosyllabic adjs. were extended by means of this suffix app[arently] with the design of giving them a more adjectival appearance ... The majority of such words arose in the 16th and 17th cent.’ (OED ). from Ó Saoraidhe see Seery.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
