Thyra
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Period Forms:[edit | edit source]
"Thyra" in Gesta Danorum by Saxo the Literate (Grammaticus), early 12th century - "Saxo 266 Thiram, 271 Thyra". [Saxo should be used with care, since he was writing in Latin and recorded many stories about legendary/semi-legendary characters whose names ma ynot be registerable.]
Danmakrs gamle Personnavne, v. 1, column 1445, attests Thyra Eysd 1404.
General 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/
Precedents:[edit | edit source]
Precedents of the SCA College of Arms - [[2]] Morsulus Heralds Website - [[3]] (to search the LoARs and Precedents)
From the April 2007 LoAR: While the submitter documented Thyra as the name of the wife of Gorm the Old, king of Denmark in the 10th C, which would suggest the name is Old Norse, the spelling Thyra is the standard modern English form for this name; we have found no examples of this spelling earlier than the 15th C. In fact, the earliest date we have found for the spelling Thyra as a personal name is in 1404, in Gunner Knudsen, Danmarks gamle Personnavne, column 1444. Þyri, an Old Norse form for this name is found in Haraldson, The Old Norse Name. [Þyri ingen Aedain ui Rigain, 4/2007 LoAR, A-Atenveldt]