_Paase._ _Paas_, a foot-pace.
_Paramore._ _Paramour_, love, gallantry.
_Pardee._ _Pardé_, a common oath, literally, by God. Purdie, of like
kinship.
_Parvis._ _Parvis_, a portico before a church. Purvis, perhaps, from the
same root.
_Pass._ _Passe_, to surpass, to excel, to pass sentence.
_Peer._ _Peere_, a peer, an equal.
_Pergin._ _Peregrine_, wandering.
_Perry._ _Perrye_, jewels, precious stones.
_Person._ _Persone_, a man, a parson, a rector of a church.
_Pierie._ _Pierrie_, jewels, precious stones.
_Pile._ _Pile_, _pyle_, to rob, to plunder. Pyle, from the same radix.
_Platt._ _Platte_, or _plat_, flat, plain.
_Pleydell._ _Plye_, to bend; _dál_, a dell, a valley. An undulating
valley.
_Poke._ _Poke_, a pocket, a bag.
_Pollak._ _Pollax_, a halberd. Pollock, Polock, from the same derivation.
_Pomeltree._ _Pomel_, any ball or round thing, as an apple; _treow_, a
tree. An apple-tree.
_Poynter._ _Poynt_, the principal business, a point, a stop; _ere_, an
agent. That which acts as a point, or a stop; a pointer.
_Poynton._ _Poynt_, a point, a stop; _tún_, a house. A point-house; a
business place.
_Prentis._ _Prentys_, an apprentice. Prentiss, a kindred term.
_Presley._ _Prees_, a press, a crowd; _líc_, like. Crowd-like; dense;
compact.
_Preston._ _Prest_, from _prese_, to press, to crowd; _tún_, a house. A
crowded house.
_Prevear._ _Preve_, to try, to demonstrate by trial; _ere_, an agent. An
experimenter; a demonstrator.
_Price._ _Prys_, price, value, praise.
_Prime._ _Prime_, the first quarter of the artificial day. Sometimes
metaphorically used in Chaucer for the season of action or business.
Perhaps, from _pryme_, daybreak.
_Prow._ _Prow_, profit, advantage.
_Pye._ _Pie_, a magpie, a prating gossip, a tell-tale.
_Pyne._ _Pyne_, pain, grief, sorrow.