Little Names
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Period Forms:[edit | edit source]
English: <Hobbe Litel> 1176, <John Littel Johan> 1323, <Roberti litelboie> 1205-6, <John Littlefat> 1289, <Adam Littelloverd> 1270, Middle English Dictionary, s.n. litel <Lyttelfyngre> - 1401, sn Littlebond, Reaney and Wilson.
<Maydeking> "little maid", a nickname, 1327, s.n. Makin, Reaney & Wilson.
See also "Misplaced Names in Reaney and Wilson" - [[1]]
Place Names:
"A Dictionary of British Place-Names" by A.D. Mills has:
- sn. Little Haven <the Lytel hauen> 1578. ‘Little harbour’.
- sn. Langdale, Little Langedenelittle c.1160. ‘Long valley’. OE lang + denu (replaced by OScand. dalr), with lȳtel ‘little’.
- sn. Petherick, Little <Parish of Sanctus Petrocus Minor> 1327. From the dedication of the church to St Petrock.
- sn. Little England Beyond Wales (district) <Ynglond be yond Walys> 1519
- <Little England beyond Wales> 1594.
Sources:[edit | edit source]
Academy of St. Gabriel "Medieval Names Archive" - [[2]] Database of medieval names (from the Medieval Names Archive) - http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/database/
Laurel Name Articles - http:heraldry.sca.org/laurel/
IGI Searches, batches beginning with C, J, K, M (except M17 and M18), or P are acceptable - http://familysearch.org
Precedents:[edit | edit source]
Precedents of the SCA College of Arms - [[3]] Morsulus Heralds Website - [[4]] (to search the LoARs and Precedents) Restatement Wiki - [[5]] (restatements of Precedents)
From the <month> <year> LoAR: