Adair
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<Adair> is the name of a place in Scotland.
Black s.n. Adair indicates that the origin of the name is uncertain, but it's probably from <Edgar>, via <Ed3ear> and the like (there 3 is a yogh, sometimes represented in later typesetting by a <z>). The entry notes "It is a fact that Thomas Edzear or Odeir had a charter of the lands of Kildonan in the Rynes of Galloway from Robert I". (Black, George F. The Surnames of Scotland.)
Period Forms:
<Adair> is found as a byname in 1510: <Johne Adair> s.n. swer. Another <John Adair> is dated to 1647 s.n. recomendation. Both from the Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (DOST) - @http://www.dsl.ac.uk/index.html
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: