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1. Berwyn Conall of Blackwood – New and Device
Per chevron throughout sable and purpure, in chief two wolves combatant argent.
The name is intended to be male. The submitter will allow all changes and cares most about the meaning “white strong wolf.” The submitter understands the language and culture to be 11th – 13th century “Gaelic, Welsh, Irish.” The submitter is not requesting authenticity.
No documentation was provided by the submitter. We find:
Berwyn – Heini Gruffudd, Welsh Names for Children, p. 14, s.n. Berwyn, lists this masculine name as that of an early saint, the son of Brychan Brycheiniog, the 5th century Welsh king.
Conall – OCM, p. 56, s.n. Conall, list this as a male personal name meaning “strong as a wolf” and call it a “very old, common Celtic name borne by many of the legendary kings and warriors of Ireland.” They give the Anglicization as either Conall or Connell.
Black, p. 168, s.n. Connal, lists the spellings Connal, Connell, Connel, and Connall, and states that the name is modern for Congal or Congual. The earliest dated occurrence given is Cuthbert Connell, 1513.
Note that the combination of Welsh and Gaelic is not registerable, although Welsh and Anglicized Irish is only one step from period practice.
Although Welsh combined with English is not a step from period practice, we find nothing in either Reaney & Wilson or Bardsley.
Blackwood – Ekwall, p. 47, s.n. Blackwood, gives Blakwod, 1280 and le Blacwode, 1308.
Herald of Record:
(submitter)
2. Domnall na nAmus – New Name and Device
Vert, three crosses formy Or.
The name is intended to be male. The submitter will allow all changes and cares most about the language and culture of Western Scotland Gaelic. The submitter is not requesting authenticity.
Domnall - OCM, p. 75, s.n. Domnall, give this as the pre-1200 spelling of the name and state that it is the ninth most popular name in early Ireland.
Black, p. 214, s.n. Donald, states: "This is one of the very oldest of our Gaelic personal names, and, from the greatness of Clan Donald, commonly considered as the Highland name pre-eminently. It, however, ranks only second, John being the first...in the Gaelic genealogical manuscript of 1467 and in the Gaelic entries in the Book of Deer (c. 1100) it is Domnall."
an nAmus - Mari Elspeth nic Bryan, Index of Names in Irish Annals: Masculine Descriptive Bynames (URL: http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/AnnalsIndex/DescriptiveBynames/Topic.shtml) lists this as a masculine despcriptive byname meaning "[of] the Onsets/Attacks". The linked sub-page gives the normalized Early Modern Irish Gaelic spelling as <na nAmus>. The article is inconclusive about the Middle Irish Gaelic spelling, and gives both <na nAmmsae> and <na nAmus> as possible Middle Irish Gaelic forms (with the modern editorial hyphens here omitted). This page further describes the byname as derived from Anglo-Norman, and counts four entries in the Annals, referring to the same person, dated to 1158.
Herald of Record: Alheydis von Körckhingen
3. Hadija al Zahra' – New Name
The name is intended to female. The submitter will not accept major changes and cares most about an unspecified language or culture. The submitter is not requesting authenticity.
Hadija – Juliana de Luna, “Andalusian Names: Arabs in Spain,” (www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/andalusia.html) lists <Hadija> among the Arabic women’s given names from the data set, which spans 700 AD to 1200 AD.
al Zahra' – Juliana de Luna, “Andalusian Names: Arabs in Spain,” (www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/andalusia.html) lists <al-Zahra'> among “other women’s bynames” and gives the meaning as “the radiant.”
Herald of Record: Yvianne de Castel d’Avignon
4. Helewys Spynnere – New Name
The name is intended to female. The submitter will accept all changes and cares most about spelling. The submitter is not requesting authenticity.
Helewys – Talan Gwynek, “Feminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames,” (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/reaneyHZ.html) s.n. Helewise dates <Helewys> to 1296.
Spynnere – Reaney and Wilson, 3rd ed. p. 421, s.n. Spinner, dates <Spinnere> to 1356. The <i> to <y> shift is supported by Reany and Wilson, s.n. Spir, which gives Thomas, William Spir in 1229, 1279 and Thomas le Spyr in 1296. Both Spinner and Spir derive from Old English.
Other examples of this shift occur in Reaney and Wilson under Spine (Spinis, 1296; Spine, 1379; and Spyns, 1402) and under Spinney (Spinei, 1198; Spyneye, 1327, Spynneye, 1377. Both these examples derive from Old French.
Herald of Record: Elsbeth Anne Roth
5. Phiala O'Ceallaigh – Resubmitted Device
Argent, semy of crosses crosslet saltirewise, on a cheron azure three nettle leaves argent.
Her name was registered in May 1994 via the East.
A previous device submission of "Vert, a fret and overall a mascle argent" was returned at Laurel in October 2004 for multiple conflicts. This submission represents a complete redesign.
Herald of Record: Elsbeth Anne Roth
6. Phiala O'Ceallaigh – New Badge
(Fieldless) On a nettle leaf argent a cross crosslet saltirewise azure.
Her name was registered in May 1994 via the East.
Herald of Record: Elsbeth Anne Roth
7. Rowan de la Garnison – New Badge
(Fieldless) On a coney courant argent three torteaux in fess.
Her name was registered in January 1985 via the East.
Herald
of Record: Snaebjorn Hakonarson
8. Thorgrim Skullsplitter – Resubmitted Device
Per pale gules and sable, two wolves rampant addorsed, each maintaining an axe and on a chief argent an eagle per pale sable and gules.
His name was registered in February 2005 via Æthelmearc.
His previous device submission of “Per pale gules and sable, two wolves addorsed, that to dexter rampant and maintaining an axe, that to sinister salient and maintaining a sword, on a chief argent an eagle per pale sable and gules” was returned at Laurel in February 2005 for violating the “sword-and-dagger” rule via the postures of the beast. Here, both wolves are rampant, thus correcting the problem. Although Laurel’s decision specifically noted that the motif of the two wolves maintaining different types of charges was rare, but acceptable, the revised submission avoids the issue by replacing the sword with a second axe.
Herald of Record: Yvianne de Castel d’Avignon
This concludes the Æthelmearc Internal Letter of Intent for February 1, 2007