ebb

...titla/titlani(N)=between/messenger of the tide(E)reflux,=ebba(OE)=ebbe(MDu/Danish)=eb(Du)=ebb(Swede)= be/ebbian(OE)=strand a ship, eppen(MHG)=eptli(N)=concha, caracol del mar, i.e., when one sees sea shells, the tide has ebbed and the boat has stranded. also Scottish name, Eby. the woman i knew by that name said her people were dyers/tinters= pa/opa(N)=paint(E). there is a Betsy Eby, encaustic painter, b. 1967. another who is an illustrator. well, dye of old came from sea shells. .....eptli(N)=epi-(Gk/E prefix)=on top of,=epic(E).