MINEAR, MINERS. See Menear.
MINGOOSE. From Mingoose in St. Agnes; from min-gûs, the kid's wood.
MINTY, MYNTAYE. From Min-ty, which will variously translate the kid's abode, the stone house or dwelling, and the dwelling on the edge; or from men-têg, the fair head or promontory.
MITHIAN, MYTHIAN. From Methian, formerly Mithian, in St. Agnes. Hals derives the name "from mithi-an, i.e. of whey, a notable grange for cows and milk, or, if Saxon, from my-thyan, my servant, or villain by inheritance"! Mithian means rather the feeding-place, from metha, to feed. The family is now extinct. From this name, by interchange of f and p, we may have the surnames Fiddian, Fithian, and Phythian.
MOASE. See Vose.
MODERET. From mod-ryd, the dwelling at the ford; or mod-rydh, the dwelling in the plain, or the flourishing dwelling. There is a place called Tremoderet-en-Hell in Roche, which Hals renders "Aunt's Hall town, a place heretofore notable for its hall;" and modereb a barth certainly does mean "aunt by the mother's side."
MOGER. Probably from root of Magor.
MOLENNECK. Gilbert translates this name gold-finches (moleneck), and he gives as the arms a chevron Sable, between two goldfinches Proper. It more probably signifies the bare place on or near the brook (moel-in-ick).
MONHURE. From bon-hir, the long dwelling; or mean-hir, the long stone. But see Manhire.
MONTON. From Monathon (Manaccan) in Kerrier hundred; or perhaps rather from Monython in Cury; from
