Old English

She did indeed go to Harvard, where she majored in English and delighted in reading Chaucer in Old English.

However, the Old English "hund" later became "hound" but eventually was replaced by "dog," not a cognate.

Chapman, a common name now, was the Old English word for a general dealer.

Runciman was the man who had charge of horses too, and comes from another Old English word, rouncy, "a horse."

But many surnames which are taken from the names of trades come from Old English words which are now seldom or never used.

It was called in early times the Chepe, and took its name from the Old English word ceap, "a bargain."

There is no evidence that he had any special interest in Old English studies.