May 11
Willoc
Willoc is a diminutive form of an Anglo-Saxon masculine name containing wil (will).
Variants:
Uilloc [John Kemble 1839 Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici 1: 60].
Willoc [Henry Harrison 1907-1918 Surnames of the United Kingdom 2: 292].
Stem:
wil = will, resolution [Ernest Weekley 1939 Jack and Jill, 1st edition, page 30].
Suffix:
“-ock, suffix, forming diminutives” [Sir James Murray 1909 A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 1st edition, 7: 51].
Usage:
“✠ uilloc sig̃ m̃” [John Kemble 1839 Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici 1: 60 (number 52)]: “+ Uilloc, the sign of the hand” [David Howlett 1999 Sealed from Within, page 50 (number 11)].
