Æthelmearc College of Heralds
Internal Letter of Intent Æ 137
June 1, 2011
Fridrikr Tomasson, Garnet Herald
c/o Thomas Ireland-Delfs
731 S. Main St., Newark NY 14513
garnetherald@aeheralds.net
Alheydis von Körckhingen, Cornelian Herald
c/o Kimberly Frodelius
119 Summit Ave., Solvay, NY 13209
cornelianherald@aeheralds.net
Commentary on these items will be due on: July 1, 2011
Commentary may be posted to the list-serve at: aethel-heralds@lists.andrew.cmu.edu
Commentary may be sent privately to: garnetherald at aeheralds.net
1: Alistair of Canterbury - New Name & New Device
Argent, three swallows migrant azure, on a chief vert three
hearts argent
Submitter desires a masculine name.
Alistair - Withycombe, p. 13, cites Alasdair as a Gaelic
form of Alexander.
Canterbury - Ekwall, p. 85, sn Canterbury, cites
Canterburie to 1086.
Herald of Record: Garnet
2: Astridr vigaskegg - New Name & New Device
Gules, three wolf's heads couped argent, and a chief
argent fretty gules
Submitter desires a feminine name.
Culture (Old Norse) most important.
Astridr - Geirr Bassi, p. 8.
vigaskegg - "battle beard". Geirr Bassi, p. 29, cites "Víga"
- battle; and, p. 20, cites "bláskegg" black-beard;, p. 7,
"brieðskeggr" broad-beard; p. 21, "floskuskegg" Flaskbeard. As to the combination, Geirr Bassi, p. 23, cites
"hreggnasi" Tempest-nose. The same argument ("one
whose beard is ready for battle" or a constant fighter) can
be made with respect to "lafskegg" wag-beard, dangle-beard (p. 25) or "œðkollr" mad-head, wild-man; and "orðigskeggi"
bristle-beard.
Herald of Record: Garnet
3: Aurora Swanhild - New Name
Submitter desires a feminine name.
Sound most important.
Meaning most important.
Aurora - This name was registered sn Aurora di Rosalia, via Ansteorra in October 2008. At that time, Laurel commented as
follows:
Though the LoI documented Aurora from de Felice, Nomi, s.n. Aurora, that source gives no indication that this name was
used in the Middle Ages. The November 2006 LoAR notes that "Aurora is found in Roman Christian inscriptions, which
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would place it in the 5th or 6th C at the latest."
In commenting on the same item at Laurel, Juliana de Luna wrote:
William Alexander used <Aurora> in the early part of the grey period as a name for his (presumably human) mistress, to
whom his poems are addressed. You can see, for example, this in Google Books, Specimens of the British Poets: With
Biographical and Critical Notices. Brittanica dates the Aurora sonnets to 1604.
We feel that the name should be acceptable as a late period English given name, per Juliana's documentation. Specimens of
the British poets is available at
<http://books.google.com/books?id=8HQPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA218&lpg=PA218&dq=William+Alexander+Aurora+sonne
t&
source=bl&ots=Tm5zWB4CF5&sig=fSQx5mvuKIS9VUBgFW8LOfJhXI4&hl=en&ei=9OLjTc_oGcm9tgf9iOW1Bw&sa=
X&oi=bo
ok_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CEQQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=William%20Alexander%20Aurora%20sonnet&f=f
a lse>, where it says:
William Alexander [Earl of Sterline], of Menstrie, travelled on the Continent as a tutor to the Earl of Argyll; and after his
return to his native country (Scotland) having in vain solicited a mistress, whom he celebrates in his poetry by the name of
Aurora, he married the daughter of Sir William Erskine.
His sonnets cycle was published in 1604.
Swanhild - Brian Scott (Talan Gwynek) Feminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
<http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/reaneyHZ.html>, sn Swanhild, cites Swanhild to 1227.
There appears to be an SFPP for time differences (16th c. given name + 13th c. surname/byname)
Herald of Record: Elsbeth Anne Roth
4: Ciarian MacAlasdair - Resub Name
Submitter desires a masculine name.
No major changes.
Culture (12th-13th century Scots) most important.
His original submission, for Ciarain McAlister, was returned at Kingdom in March, 2011, because the byname and surname
are two Steps from Period Practice, as they combine Gaelic and Scots (1 SFPP) and are more than 300 years apart (1 SFPP).
Ciarain - Mari nic Bryan (Kathleen M. O'Brien), Index of Names in Irish Annals: Ciarán
<http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/ciaran.shtml>, cites Ciaran to 1061.
MacAlasdair - Mari nic Bryan (Kathleen M. O'Brien), Index of Names in Irish Annals: Alaxandar, Alaxandair (Alasdrann,
Alasdar) <http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/Alaxandar.shtml>, cites Eoin, mac Alasdair to 1465.
There is one SFPP for the time difference.
Herald of Record: Ranya Hakonardottir
5: Englike veðr - New Name & New Device
Argent, three ram's heads cabossed sable
Submitter desires a masculine name.
Englike - Lind, col 235, sn Englike, cites one Englike
Jennsøn herdsman konungx DN IV 680 (Sogn 1452) är
kanske av utländsk härkomst., apparently referring to it s a
name given to an outlander. I'm guessing that it refers to
an Englander, but I could be wrong.
veðr - Geirr Bassi, p. 29, ilists this as a byname meaning
ram, male sheep.
Herald of Record: Elsbeth Anne Roth
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6: Katerin Starcke - New Name
Submitter desires a feminine name.
Language (German) most important.
Katerin - a variant spelling of Katherin. Talan Gwynek (Brian M. Scott), Medieval German Given Names from Silesia:
Women's Names <http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/bahlow/bahlowFem.html>, sn Katherine, cites Katherin to 1337 and
Katerina to 1350.
Starcke - Brechanmacher, v. 2, p. 655, sn Stark, cites this spelling.
Herald of Record: Garnet
7: Lettice Boniface - New Name
Submitter desires a feminine name.
Lettice - Brian Scott (Talan Gwynek) Feminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames
<http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/reaneyHZ.html>, sn Lettice, cites Lettice to 1273, 1300, and 1357
Boniface - Reaney & Wilson, sn Boniface, cites Tomas Boniface to 1190.
Herald of Record: Elsbeth Anne Roth
8: Muirgheal inghean Dubhghaill - New Device
OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in
March of 2009, via Æthelmearc.
Per saltire azure and argent, on a chief Or three compass
stars gules
Herald of Record: N/A
9: Nathaniel Chase - New Name
Submitter desires a masculine name.
Nathaniel - Julian Goodwyn (Janell K. Lovelace), Pre-1600 English Brass Inscriptions: Men's Names Sorted by Frequency
<http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/arval/brasses/menfreq.html>, cites Nathaniel as occurring one time.
Chase - Reaney & Wilson, sn Chase, cires one John Chase to 1393. Beardsley, sn Chase, cites one John Chase as married
in 1626.
Herald of Record: Elsbeth Anne Roth
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10: Robert MacEwin of Thornhill - New Name & New
Device
Per pale azure and argent, a lion gules within a bordure
semy of phoens counterchanged
Submitter desires a masculine name.
No major changes.
Robert - Sharon L. Krossa, Early 16th Century Scottish
Lowland Names
<http://medievalscotland.org/scotnames/lowland16/>, cites
161 instances of Robert or its variant spellings.
MacEwin - Black, sn MacEwan, cites a MacEwin to 1581.
Thornhill - Black, sn Thornhill, lists a Thornhille to 1298.
Name Formation - While the use of a locative with a surname is "vanishingly rare" according to Krossa, it is not in SCA
usage. However, it would be nice to have documentation from period.
Herald of Record: Arianna of Wynthrope
11: Rudolf Wilde - New Name & New Device
Sable, a bend sinister gules fimbriated between in chief
four stag's heads cabossed argent and an hourglass Or
Submitter desires a masculine name.
Rudolf Brechenmacher, sn Rudolf, cites Joh gen. Rudolf
Andelshofen to 1332.
Wilde - Brechanmacher, sn Wild, cites Herm. Wilde to
1172.
Herald of Record: Elsbeth Anne Roth
12: Seabhán of Skye - New Name
Submitter has no desire as to gender.
Seabhán - Mari Elspeth nic Bryan (Kathleen M. O'Brien), Index of Names in Irish Annals: Siobhán, cites one Seabhan
inghen Geroid Iarla to 1428.
Skye -The Isle of Skye is the largest and notth-most of the Inner Hebrides island of Scotland. Vraye & exacte description
Hydrographique des costes maritimes d'Escosse & des Isles Orchades Hebrides avec partie d'Angleterre & d'Irlande
servant… <http://maps.nls.uk/coasts/view-chart/?id=169> dated to 1580 clearly labels the island as spelled Skye
Herald of Record: Garnet
13: Sigrithr Biornulfsdottir - New Name
Submitter desires a feminine name.
Culture (Old Norse) most important.
Sigrithr - Lena Peterson Nordiskt runnamnslexikon, p. 82, sn Sigríðr. The submitter will accept Sigriþr which is cited from
runestone U884A.
Biornulfr - Lena Peterson Nordiskt runnamnslexikon, p. 16, sn BiarnulfR, cites Biörnúlfr as the Old West Norse spelling.
Herald of Record: Garnet
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14: Verena von Wulfflingen - New Name Change &
New Device Change
Azure, on a chevron engrailed between three wolf's heads
Or, three nesselblats azure
Old Item: Verena von Talhain, to be retained.
Old Item: Vert, a hedgehog rampant and on a chief argent
an ivy vine vert, to be retained.
Submitter desires a feminine name.
No major changes.
Her previously registered name Verena von Talhain and
device Vert, a hedgehog rampant and on a chief argent an
ivy vine vert were registered in February, 2010. As she has
not stated a preference, we will ask that they be retained as
alternate name & armory.
Verena - Sara L. Uckelman (Aryanhwy merch Catmael) German Names from Rottweil, Baden-Württemberg, 1441
<http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/german/rottweil1441.html>, cites Verena as a variant spelling of Frena.
von Wulfflingen - Sara L. Uckelman (Aryanhwy merch Catmael) German Names from Rottweil, Baden-Württemberg, 1441
<http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/german/rottweilsur.html> cites von Wúlfflingen
Herald of Record: Elsbeth Anne Roth
15: Vika Vyborgskaia - Resub Name & New Badge
Argent, a greyhound's head erased azure and another
purpure addorsed
Submitter desires a feminine name.
Although this is marked as a resubmission, the forms give
no information on the previous submission. Does anyone
have this information?
Vika - Wickenden, 3rd ed., lists Vika to the 13th-14th
centuries.
Vyborgskaia Vyborg is listed as a place-name in Wickenden, 3rd ed, dating to the 13th century. Wickenden, Locative
Bynames in Medieval Russia <http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/toprus.html> sub "Type IV: Adjectives" states that
Type IV locative bynames are created by taking the toponym and adding an adjectival suffix (usually "-skii"/"-skoi"/"-skyi,"
or feminine "-skaia"). Often, the form is found in the genitive case ("-skogo"). Regardless of how it appears, the meaning
is the same: "the person of <place name>" or "the <place name>-ish person." The person is described as being colored by
his/her place of birth, bearing the place (so to speak) in their soul.
Herald of Record: Elsbeth Anne Roth
16: Wolfgang Starcke - New Name
Submitter desires a masculine name.
Language (German) most important.
Wolfgang - Talan Gwynek (Brian M. Scott), Medieval German Given Names from Silesia: Men's Names, cites Wolfgang to
1491.
Starcke - Brechanmacher, v. 2, p. 655, sn Stark, cites this spelling.
Herald of Record: Garnet
This concludes the Æthelmearc Internal Letter of Intent for May 1, 2010.
Standard Bibliography of Sources
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