1: Andreas Jäger von Holstein - Resub Name & Resub Device
Argent, a bear sejant erect sable and on a chief rayonny enarched gules a lightening bolt fesswise argent.
Submitter desires a male name.
His previously submitted name, Andreas Jäger, was returned for conflict at Laurel in November 2007.Here, the submitter is adding the locative to clear the conflict.
Andreas - Talan Gwynek, "Medieval German Given Names from Silesia: Men's Names" (WWW: Brian M. Scott, 2004) [URL: http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/bahlow/bahlowMasc.html] s.n. Andreas lists eleven occurrences of this spelling ranging from 1368 to 1562.
Jäger - Brechenmacher, vol. I (A-J), p. 764, s.n. Jäger, lists <Jäger>, and states that the more frequent older spelling is <Jeger>. Dated to 1280 as <Bercht. Dictus Jäger>.
Also, Saint Gabriel Report #2436 [http://www.s-gabriel.org/2436] states:
<Jaeger> or <Ja"ger> "hunter" is a spelling generally found later than your period. The more typical spelling in the 14th century is <Jeger>; we find that form recorded in Bohemia 1411 and in other parts of southern Germany in the late 13th and 14th centuries [4, 5]. However, we have also found an example of <Ja"ger> in Baden in southwestern Germany in 1280, and <Ja"germeister> in Austria in 1365 [6]. In either spelling the name was pronounced roughly YEH-gehr.
Holstein - Brechenmacher, vol. I (A-J), p. 734, s.n. Holstein, lists <Emmely Holsteinin zu Freiburg> 1382. Here, the <-in> suffix is added to make the locative feminine.
Also, Johann Siebmacher's Wappenbuch von 1605, plate 7, shows the arms of the Duchy of Holstein with the submitted spelling as the caption.
His previous device submission, Argent, a bear sejant erect sable and on a chief rayonny enarched gules a lightening bolt fesswise argent, was returned at Laurel in November 2007 because the submitter had not allowed the creation of a holding name.
2: Berewyn Connell of Blackwode - New Device
Per chevron sable and purpure, a chevron indented Or and in chief two wolves combattant argent.
His name appears on Æthelmearc External Letter of Intent AE 103 dated March 25, 2007. His previous device, Per chevron throughout sable and purpure, in chief two wolves combatant argent, was returned at kingdom for conflict on Æthelmearc Letter of Report AE 103 dated March 25, 2007.
3: Petr Kotok - New Name Change
Old Item: Petr Kotov , to be released.
Submitter desires a male name.
No changes.
There was some uncertainly as to whether this should be treated as a change of name, or as an appeal. Since the original name was neither returned, nor changed as a result of a request for authenticity, we are considering it a change of name and therefore a payable item, rather than risk an administrative return for non-payment.
The name is intended to be masculine. The submitter will allow no changes and cares most about the spelling of the name. The submitter is not requesting authenticity.
His current name was accepted at Laurel in March 2006, and was changed from the submitted form of <Petr Kotok> with the following commentary:
Submitted as Petr Kotok, this name consists of two given names. In some cultures, this combination might be interpreted as a given name and an unmarked patronymic. However, the second name here is Russian and unmarked patronymics are not found in Russian. According to the introduction to Wickenden, A Dictionary of Period Russian Names:Unlike modern conventions, nicknames or diminutives commonly appeared in place of full given names. Such short constructions were common for peasants and even occur amongst nobles from time to time. Due to the limits of this work, I will not discuss the issue of nicknames -- an issue requiring extensive discussion, as well as an understanding of Russian that the average medievalist does not possess. This Dictionary lists a fair number of period nicknames (usually identified as diminutive forms) under the main entry for the name.Footnote 1: As late as the 20th century, it is apparent that most people did not use anything more than their given names. A modern historian noted that half of rural schoolchildren at the turn of the century, attending their first day of classes, did not know their patronymics and/or surnames (Brooks, 1985: 55)!This strongly suggests that in the example of the name Kotok in Wickenden, Kulik Kotok is one recorded as two given names (one of which is a diminutive) without a surname. To make the name registerable, it is necessary to change the diminutive to a surname. Wickenden records Kotok as a diminutive of Kot; Kotov is an appropriate patronymic form of Kot very similar in sound and appearance to Kotok. We have changed the name to Petr Kotov in order to register it.
The submitter's wife has also submitted a change of name request, from her registered name of <Mariia Kotova> to her originally submitted form of <Marija Kotok>. The wife's change of name request appeared on the Æthelmearc Letter of Intent of October 2006 and included additional support for her originally submitted form, <Marija Kotok>, obtained through direct correspondence with Paul Wickenden. In both cases (Petr's and his wife's), the byname <Kotok> is submitted as an unmarked Russian patronym, a construction specifically supported by Paul Wickenden in his correspondence. Here, Petr requests the College to consider his own name change in light of the evidence obtained and presented by his wife.
Wickenden, A Dictionary of Period Russian Names,p. 164, s.n. Kotok, states that <Kotok> is a diminutive of <Kot>. Ibid., s.n. Kot, gives <Kulik Kotok> dated to c.1495.
Quoting from Æthelmearc Letter of Intent of October 2006, item no. 22 - arguments in support of Kotok as an unmarked Russian patronym:
Subsequent correspondence with Paul Wickenden suggests that the name as it had been originally submitted, <Marija Kotok>, should be registerable. In an e-mail to the submitter (copies provided), Paul Wickenden states:For Marija, indicate that this is an acceptable transliteration of the given name (and follows the system described in Wickenden [ix] as "International Phonetic").For Kotok, this is an unmarked patronymic. We have period examples of it being used as such -- see Kulik Kotok (dated to c1495) in Wickenden [164]. While this is listed as a dim of Kot by Wickenden, it is a bit more complicated than the entry alludes, as Kulik is already the "old Russian" given name and there can never be two of these given to a person. Far more likely, Kulik is the son of Kotok and his full legal name would be Kulik (syn) Kotkov. That said, unmarked patronymics are common in Russian manuscripts. An unmarked patronymic already violates Russian grammar rules so it also does not necessarily need to be feminized (I.e., you wouldn't change it to Kotka). In the structure Kulik Kotok, we see an implication that all of the offspring of Kotok could be spelled the same way.
I fully support the name Marija Kotok. I also support Marija Kotkova.
Paul Wickenden confirmed via e-mail to Cornelian that he had been quoted correctly by the submitter. A second correspondence from Paul Wickenden to Cornelian (copies included) further clarifies as follows:
...no one would have had a name with two "old-Russian" given names. If either Kotok or Kulik were Christian names, then Kotok (in the case of Kulik Kotok) could have been a given name, but it is more likely that Kulik is the person's given name and Kotok is an unmarked patronymic. Thus, the example of Kulik Kotok can be used to show the proof of an unmarked patronymic. There are many more examples throughout Wickenden (that I used them to document given names rather than unmarked patronymics was because of the priority of the book to document given names and not bynames).
4: Rhiannon le Meke - New Name & New Device
Per pale azure and Or goutty de sang, a harpy displayed counterchanged.
Submitter desires a female name.
Sound (wants last name to sound like MEEK) most important.
Rhiannon - This name was ruled SCA-compatible as a Welsh name in the cover letter of the October 1985 LoAR. This precedent was upheld as recently as July 2001with the name Rhiannon of Sevenoaks (July 2001 via the West).
le Meke - Reaney & Wilson, p. 305, s.n. Meek, give Robert le Meke dated to 1300.
The combination of Welsh and English was ruled to be no step from period practice in the cover letter of the August 1999 LoAR.
Regarding the combination of the given name and the device, precedent states:
The name of the Welsh goddess Rhiannon should not be used in conjunction with horses or birds, both of which are strongly associated with her in legend. [Baldwin of Erebor, 9 June 85, p.1]
However, a harpy is categorized as a monster, rather than a bird. Further, precedent states:
Note: the fact that [the harpy or frauenadler] were considered distinct charges in period allows us to grant a CD against eagles. (Barony of Red Spears, LoAR 09/1993)
Also, the combination of the given name <Rhiannon> and birds was registered as recently as July 1998:
Rhiannon of Ravenswood: Sable, a chevron gules fimbriated between three roundels argent each charged with a raven sable. (July 1998 via Meridies)
5: Thorolf the Blak - New Name
Submitter desires a male name.
No major changes.
Meaning most important.
The submitter cares most about the meaning and the spelling of the name.
Thorolf - The submitter provides copies of selected pages from Gwyn Jones's A History of the Vikings (Oxford University Press, 1968), containing various references to person named Thorolf, as follows:
p. 68 - Thorolf is listed as one of the sons of Kveldulf, according to Egils Saga. Another Thorolf is lasted as a son of Grim and grandson of Kveldulf.
p. 131 - A man named Thorolf Lousebeard is listed as the foster-father of Olaf Tryggvason and his mother Astrid during the late 10th century. The author is apparently summarizing and correlating events described in several Norse poetic sources.
p. 274 - Another Thorolf, nicknaed Thorolf Butter, is listed among a trio of explorers from Norway to Iceland, but no reference to dates is given.
pp. 276, 281 and 325 - make reference to Thorolf Mostrarskegg, apparently a settler in Iceland.
All of these references would seem to be based on the Norse poetic histories and sagas, but the specific source of each reference is unclear from the selected photocopied pages.
In addition, Geirr Bassi, p. 16, counts 30 occurrences of <þórólfr> in the Landnámabók. <Thorolf> should be an acceptable Anglicization of the Norse spelling.
the Blak - is a reasonable lingua anglica of the Norse <inn svarti>
Gwyn Jones, op. cit., p. 68, speaks of one Halfdan the Black (svarti) [sic], father of Harald Fairhair the first king of all Norway.
In addition, Geirr Bassi, p. 28, counts 8 occurences of inn svarti, meaning "the black."
The Oxford English Dictionary dates the submitted spelling to c. 1300" "Al blak so colebrond."
Reaney & Wilson: The spelling Blak is not listed under the header "Black". However, other names in Reaney & Wilson with Blak- as a prototheme include:
Blakere, 1047-64; le blaker, 1291; Blaker, 1296 (s.n. Blacker)
Blaket, 1275; Blakhed, 1332; Blakhod, 1327 (s.n. Blackett)
atte Blakhurst, 1296 (s.n. Blackhurst)
Blakstok, 1332 (s.n. Blackstock)
Blakstan, 1316 (s.n. Blackston)
Blaktoft, 1324 (s.n. Blacktoft)
6: Tigernach mac Cathail - New Device
Per band Or and azure, a dragon segreant vert and a unicorn rampant to sinister argent.
His name was registered in March 2004 via Æthelmearc.