Old Names
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Names meaning old...
Period Forms:[edit | edit source]
Old Norse (courtesy of Christie Ward): Finnur Jónsson's Tilnavne i den Islandske Oldlitteratur (Copenhagen: H. H. Thieles Bogtrykkeri. 1908. @http://books.google.com/books?id=KWkSAAAAYAAJ) has examples of bynames meaning "old":
- <(hinn) alli> "the old, the elderly"
- <(hinn) ellri> "the elderly"
- <forni> "old", or maybe "old-fashioned"
- <Gamli-> prepended byname, "Old-"
- <(hinn) gamli>) "the old" (extremely common)
There is a regular pattern in Old Norse of bynames being used either behind the name, or in a weak form as a prepended byname, so we have these possibilities:
- <Alli->
- <Ellri->
- <Forni->
- <Gamli->
So something like <Alli-Rekkr>, <Gamli-Snerrir>, <Ellri-Drengr> etc.
Sources:[edit | edit source]
Academy of St. Gabriel "Medieval Names Archive" - [[1]] 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 - [[2]] Morsulus Heralds Website - [[3]] (to search the LoARs and Precedents)
From the <month> <year> LoAR: