1: Ælfgifu of Glenelg - New Name & New Device
Or, a thistle proper a sinister gore azure
Submitter desires a feminine name.
The original submission for Ælfgifu Falkenglen and the device, Azure, on a sinister gore Or a thistle proper was returned at Kingdom in January, 2010.
Ælfgifu - The Prosopograpphy of Anglo-Saxon England <<http://www.pase.ac.uk/pdb?dosp=VIEW_RECORDS&st=PERSON_NAME&value=4442&level=1&lbl=Ælfgifu>> cites 29 instances of Ælfgifu, citing this specific spelling as the wife of King Eadwig who flourished c. 956-971 AD.
Glenelg - a site in western Scotland. The Old Gaelic is probably better spelled Gleann Eilge "Valley of New Ireland". I have two citations for this placename: 1, Wikipedia (sorry) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenelg,_Highland> and 2. Encyclopedia.com <http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Glenelg.html>. I do not find this name in Ekwall, R&W, or Mills. Any help out there?
Herald of Record: Garnet
2: Æthelmearc, Kingdom of - New Heraldic Title
OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in January of 1998, via Æthelmearc.
Gullskel Herald
Intended meaning is "gold shell" in Old Icelandic
Gull - Zoega, A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, p. 175 - "gold"
-skel - Zoega,p. 371, a feminine noun, meaning "shell". This is as close as is possible to escallop which originates from Middle English: shortening of Old French escalope Online Oxford Dictionary <http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/scallop?view=uk>. Further, the on-line Middle English Dictionary <http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/m/mec/med-idx?type=id&id=MED39845> cites these spellings: "shel(le) (n.) Also shil(le), shul(le), chelle, (N) sselle & (early) scel(e), scille, sculle & shl(e) & (errors) shoelle, schulde, slelle, (late) scele; pl. shelles, etc. & shellus, sheles & (late error) scellys.
Name formation - Zoega, p. 175, show numerous examples of Gull in combination, including gullhella "bar of gold" formed with the feminine noun hella, Zoega, p. 194; and gullbrynja "gold coat of mail", again combining with a feminine noun, brynja, Zoega, p. 74.
This title fits the pattern outlined in Julia Smith (Juliana de Luna), Medieval Secular Order Names <http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/order/new/> which cites 9 order names formed from <color> + <heraldic charge>. Further, Julia Smith (Juliana de Luna), Heraldic Titles from the Middle Ages and Renaissance: Overview <http://medievalscotland.org/jes/HeraldicTitles/> cites 45 heraldic titles based on heraldic charge names, including Blanc Sanglier Pursuivant, Noir Lyon Pursuivant, Rouge Dragon Pursuivant. We feel that forming the name from Old Icelandic is acceptable.
Herald of Record: Garnet Herald
3: Aíbell ingen Chernacháin - Resub Device
OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in October of 2007, via Æthelmearc.
Argent, a dragon displayed sable and on a chief triangular azure a decrescent argent
Her original resubmitted device, Argent, a dragon displayed sable maintaining a chalice and a needle Or threaded sable and on a chief triangular azure a decrescent argent was returned at Laurel in July, 2009, for excessive complexity. Her original device submission, Argent, a dragon displayed maintaining a chalice and a needle threaded and on a chief triangular sable a decrescent argent was returned by Laurel in June, 2008:
This device is returned for conflict with the device for Robert FitzAlwyn, reblazoned elsewhere on this letter as Argent, a dragon sejant affronty, wings displayed, and on a chief triangular sable a flame Or charged with a broad-arrow gules. There is a CD for changes to the tertiary charge but not for removing the quaternary broad-arrow. Nor is there a CD for the posture of the dragon as Robert's dragon gives the overwhelming appearance of a dragon displayed.We believe that this attempt is clear by 1 CD for the tincture change to the chief plus 1 CD for changes to the tertiary charge (type and tincture).
Herald of Record: Cornelian Herald
4: Aleidis Lanen - New Name & New Device
Purpure, in saltire a two-tined fork and a goblet on a chief Or a dragon passant vert
Submitter desires a feminine name.
Sound ("Lanen" rhymes with "Tannen". Spelling of "Lanen") most
important.
Aleidis - Dr. Kees C. Nieuwenhuijsen, Names in the Low Lands 1250-1300: High-medieval given names and bynames in The Netherlands and Flanders <http://www.keesn.nl/name13/en4_list_f.htm>, counts 46 occurrences of Aleydis in a variety of spellings, including Aleidis. It is the most common name in the data set.
Bertus Brokamp, Female first names in the annual accounts of Deventer 1337-1393 <http://www.deventerburgerscap.nl/studies/voornamen-vrouw-en.htm> lists Aleydis as the most common female first name in the data set and states that the accounts were written in Latin until 1360, after which time the accounts were written in Middle Dutch. The author gives two Middle Dutch forms as Aleyd and Aelt.
Guntram von Wolkenstein, Vlaamse Vrouwennamen <http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/guntram/vlaamse.htm#Combined>, counts 11 occurrences of Aleit in Kortrijk 1391-1428 (1.16% of the data set); 22 occurrences of Aleit in Brussels 1259-1530 (4.47%), 3 occurrences of Aleit in Kampenhout-Erps 1321-1499 (2.19%), and 15 occurrences of Aleit in Tongeren 1385-1511 (5.14%). It is unclear whether this source has normalized the spellings. No variant spellings are listed.
Lanen - David Kipp Conover, Ancestors of David Kipp Conover, "Person Page 132" <http://www.conovergenealogy.com/ancestor-p/p132.htm#i40566>, s.n. Joannes Lanen, gives the approximate birthdate of Joannes Lanen as 1600. Joannes's father is given as Bartholomeus Laenen who married in 1594. Joannes's 10 children are listed using three variants of the surname: Laen, Laenen and Lanen. The four children listed as using Lanen were born in 1624, 1626 (twins) and 1626.
Herald of Record: Cornelian Herald
5: Angus Mac Dubh - New Name & New Device
Gules, on a fess argent a bull's head cabossed sable
Submitter desires a masculine name.
Angus - Kathleen M O'Brien (Mari Elspeth nic Bryan), Index of Names in Irish Annals: Óengus, Áengus / Aonghus <http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/Oengus.shtml>, cites various spellings of this name, including Áengus dated to 900-1200 and Aonghus dated to 1264.
Dubh - Gaelic byname meaning "black" Index of Names in Irish Annals: Descriptive Bynames: Dub / Dubh <http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/DescriptiveBynames/Dub.shtml>. However, it is NOT a given name. The closest given name I can find is Dubán, which Mari dates to the 10th c. <http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/Duban.shtml>. The genitive is Dubáin
Name Formation - We have two choices here. If we choose to create a given + patronymic, I believe our best bet is Áengus mac Dubáin. If we choose to go the given + byname route, I believe that Áengus Dub is the best we can do. Sharon L. Krossa, Quick and Easy Gaelic Names, 3rd Edition <http://www.medievalscotland.org/scotnames/quickgaelicbynames/>, cites the standard patronymic form as <single given name> mac <father's given name (in genitive case & sometimes lenited)> which means <given name> son <of father's given name>.
Herald of Record: Garnet Herald
6: Caniodricca verch Elidir - New Device
OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in June of 2008, via Æthelmearc.
Per fess azure and argent, three dolphins naiant embowed counterchanged
Herald of Record: Elspeth Anne Roth
7: Caryl Olesdatter - New Augmentation of Arms
OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in July of 1992, via the East.
Per bend vert and Or, two lyres counterchanged and for augmentation in chief a demi-escarbuncle argent
Her Excellency was gifted with an augmentation by His Majesty Henri on 21 February 2004.
Herald of Record: Cornelian Herald
8: Edward Harbinger - Resub Badge
OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in November of 2005, via Æthelmearc.
(Fieldless) A wolf's head contouring sable sustaining in its mouth a thimble argent
This submission is to be associated with Anastasie de
Lamoure
The original submission, (Fieldless) A wolf's head erased sable maintaining in its mouth a thimble argent, was returned at Laurel in May, 2010, for conflict with the device of Leidhrún Leidólfsdóttir, Per fess paly azure and argent, and argent, in base a wolf's head couped sable. At that time, Laurel implied, by re-blazoning, that the thimble is not co-equal with the wolf's head, and thus, is maintained, not sustained. The Laurel return reads in full:
Edward Harbinger. Badge. (Fieldless) A wolf's head erased sable maintaining in its mouth a thimble argent.(Emphasis mine)This badge is returned for conflict with the device of Leidhrún Leidólfsdóttir, Per fess paly azure and argent, and argent, in base a wolf's head couped sable. There's a CD for fieldlessness but no difference is granted between erased and couped and no difference is granted for position on the field when compared to a fieldless badge. The maintained thimble, as always, does not count for difference.
This resubmission, which is to shared with Anastasie de Lamoure, should clear the original conflict with 1 CD for the change to the field and the second CD for reversing the position of the wolf's head.
Herald of Record: Cornelian Herald
9: Fáelán Mer - New Name
Submitter desires a masculine name.
No major changes.
Fáelán - Kathleen M O'Brien (Mari Elspeth nic Bryn), Index of Names in Irish Annals: Fáelán / Faolán <http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/Faelan.shtml>, cites this name to the 8th through 13th centuries.
Mer - Kathleen M O'Brien (Mari Elspeth nic Bryn), Index of Names in Irish Annals: Masculine Descriptive Bynames <http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/DescriptiveBynames/Mer.shtml>, cites this byname meaning "the Swift" to the 14th century on.
Herald of Record: Willehalm Barenjager
10: Gaia Aurelia Triaria - New Name & New Device
Per chevron nebuly inverted azure and Or, an ounce rampant argent spotted sable and two mullets of eight points azure
Submitter desires a feminine name.
No major changes.
Client requests authenticity for Roman.
Gaia - The Nova Roma website <http://www.novaroma.org/nr/Praenomen> cites this as the feline form of the common praenomen Gaius
Aurelia - The NovaRoma website <http://www.novaroma.org/nr/Nomen> cites Aurelius as a common nomen. There is no citation of a feminine form provided.
Triaria - The NovaRoma website <http://www.novaroma.org/nr/Cognomen> cites this as a the feminization of the cognomen Triarius used by a soldier.
Herald of Record: Ragna of Skara
11: Gwen Telynores - New Device
OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in June of 2008, via Æthelmearc.
Or, a harp purpure
We note Laura della Francesca, East, March, 1990: (Fieldless) A Greek Lyre purpure (see below). Are there precedents to allow a CD between a harp and a lyre?
Herald of Record: Elspeth Anne Roth
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12: Kilian Helm - New Device
OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in March of 2009, via Æthelmearc.
Per pale argent and vert, a cross formy fitchy inverted vert and a cross formy fitchy argent
Herald of Record: Gille MacDonald
13: Livia Valentini - New Device
OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in March of 2009, via Æthelmearc.
Sable, on a bend sinister between two Hungerford knots Or three fleur-de-lys sabl
Herald of Record: Gille MacDonald
14: Magnús Þorvarðsson - New Name & New Device
Argent, in pale a cross sable and two roundels gules a bordure embattled sable
Submitter desires a masculine name.
No major changes.
Client requests authenticity for Late 10th century Norse.
Magnús - Theodore Andersson and Kari Ellen Gade, eds., Morkinskinna: The Earliest Icelandic Chronicle of the Norwegian Kings (1030-1157), p. 538, cites five examples of this name from the 11th and 12th centuries.
Þorvarðr - Morkinskinna, p. 223, cites a þættr of one Þorvaðr krákunef who gave a gift of a sail to King Haraldr.
Name formation - Sara L. Friedemann (Aryanhwy merch Catmael), A Simple Guide to Creating Old Norse Names, states that masculine names ending in -arðr form the masculine patronymic by adding -arson. Thus this should change to þorvarðarson
Herald of Record: Hannah Browere/Garnet Herald
15: Nest verch Gruffydd - New Name Change
Old Item: Briant Huntington, to be retained.
Submitter desires a feminine name.
No major changes.
Client requests authenticity for Wales, 13th century.
Nest - Heather Rose Jones (Tangwystyl vetch Morgant Glasvryn) A Simple Guide to Constructing 13th Century Welsh Names <http://heraldry.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/welsh13.html> cites Nest as one of "30 [feminine] names about which there is no question of interpretation."
Gruffydd - the same article cites Gruffydd. It is a header spelling and may not actually have occurred in 13th c. Welsh.
Name formation - Heather Rose Jones (Tangwystyl vetch Morgant Glasvryn), A Simple Guide to Constructing 16th Century Welsh Names (in English Contexts) <http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/welsh16.html> cites one Margaret verch Gruffith ap Gwyn.
Herald of Record: Robert O'Conner
16: Solveig Throndardottir - New Badge
OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in November of 1990, via the East.
(Fieldless) An owl rising wings displayed sable atop a fasces fesswise argent, hafted and bladed Or and banded gules
Her original submission, (Fieldless) An owl rising wings displayed sable, was returned at Kingdom in April 2010, for conflict with Prussia, Argent, an eagle displayed sable crowned Or. This resubmission appears to be clear with 1 CD for Fieldlessness and a second CD for the addition of the fasces.
Herald of Record: Cornelian Herald
17: Yngvar the Dismal - New Augmentation of Arms
OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in April of 1989, via the East.
Vairy argent and sable, a decrescent and for augmentation on a chief gules a demi-escarbuncle argent
His Excellency was gifted with an augmentation by His Majesty Henri on 21 February 2004.
Herald of Record: Cornelian Herald