1: Arnþóra Grímarskona - Resub Device
Sable, a bear rampant contourny and on a chief engrailed argent, three bear's pawprints purpure.
Her name was registered in November 2006 via Æthelmearc. Her previous device submission, Sable, a bear rampant contourny and on a chief [invected / engrailed] argent, three bear's pawprints purpure, was returned by Laurel in November 2006 for an administrative error:
This device is returned as the mini-emblazon on the LoI does not match the full size emblazon. The chief on the full size emblazon is invected; on the mini-emblazon it is engrailed. It was also blazoned as engrailed on the LoI. [LoaR 11/2006]
The mini-emblazon and the blazon on the LoI represented the design that the submitter wanted. There had been a revision of the chief during review at kingdom, and an older version of the paper submission form was sent to Ragged Staff in error.
We will be taking great care to ensure that all emblazons in all formats are engrailed this time around, and we extend our apologies to Laurel, Pelican, and the college for the error.
2: Berewyn Connell of Blakwode - New Name
Submitter desires a male name.
Meaning (white strong wolf) most important.
This name was changed at kingdom from <Berwyn Conall of Blackwood>. The submitter provided no documentation, but informed us that he understood the name to be "Gaelic, Welsh, Irish" of the 11th - 13th centuries."
We found documentation for <Berwyn> as a 5th century Welsh given name (see below), but this would be unregisterable with any Gaelic byname construction using the Irish Gaelic given name <Conall>. Welsh is not registerable with Gaelic, per the ruling on Saige inghean Ghiolla Phádraig, 01/05. We found documentation for <Connell> as a 16th century Scots name, but this would be unregisterable with the 5th century given name because of temporal disparity. Fortunately, there is evidence of <Berewyn> as an English given name, which should be registerable with <Connell> with no step from period practice.
While discussing these change with the submitter, the submitter also expressed the desire for an earlier form of <Blackwood>. When presented with our findings on that matter, he expressed his preference for the spelling <Blakwode> (see below).
For the sake of completeness, we list the documentation for the name as submitted here, and as it was originally submitted to kingdom, so that the changes made at kingdom may be reviewed by the College.
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.
Berewyn - Reaney & Wilson, p. 41, s.n. Berwin, gives <Matthew Berewynson> dated to 1428.
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.
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 with either Anglicized Irish or Scots is only one step from period practice. English with Scots is no step from period practice
Blackwood - Ekwall, p. 47, s.n. Blackwood, gives Blakwod, 1280 and le Blacwode, 1308.
Reaney and Wilson, p. 47, s.n. Blackwood, gives <William de Blacwode> dated to 1427 and <Robert Blakwode> dated to 1384.
Black, p. 81, s.n. Blackwood, cites <Adam Blackwood> as a privy councilor of Mary Queen of Scots (reigned 1542-1567).
3: Domnall na nAmus - New Name & New Device
Vert, three crosses formy Or.
Submitter desires a male name.
Language (Western Scotland Gaelic) most important.
Culture (Western Scotland Gaelic) most important.
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.
4: Hadija al Zahra' - New Name
Submitter desires a female name.
No major changes.
Language most important.
Culture most important.
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."
5: Helewys Spynnere - New Name
Submitter desires a female name.
The cares most about spelling.
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, citing Reaney & Wilson, p. 27, s.n. Barham, which gives <Helewys de Berham>.
Withycombe, p. 148, s.n. Helewise, gives the submitted spelling dated to 1273, and <Helewis> dated to 1086. (Note the "i" to "y" shift, as it relates to the byname discussion below.)
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.
6: Phiala O'Ceallaigh - Resub Device
Argent, crusily saltirewise, on a chevron 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.
The blazon was revised at kingdom from "Argent, semy of crosses crosslet saltirewise…" Commenters reached no consensus on the best way to blazon the field and the strewn charges. Suggestions included:
Azure, crusily saltirewise… (submitted here)
Azure, semy of crosses of St. Julian…
Azure, crusily St. Julian…
We look to Wreath for guidance on the best possible blazon.
7: 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.
We refrained from revising the blazon to (Fieldless) On a nettle leaf argent a cross of St. Julian azure, in order to maintain a consistency of terminology with the submitted blazon of the preceding device. As with the device above, we ask Wreath for guidance on the best blazon for this badge.
8: 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.
9: Thorgrim Skullsplitter - Resub 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.