1: Ælfgifu Ælfhelmes dohter - Resub Name & Resub Device
Or, a thistle proper, a sinister gore azure
Submitter desires a feminine name.
No holding name.
Language (Anglo-Saxon) most important.
Originally submitted as Ælfgifu Ælfshelm doughter. We have changed the spelling to a proper form with the submitter's permission. This is attempt number three on this name. It has been returned at Kingdom twice in the past, as Ælfgifu Falkenglen (January, 2010) and Ælfgifu of Glenelg (December, 2010).
Ælfgifu - The Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England <http://www.pase.ac.uk/jsp/index.jsp> cites 29 separate entries for Ælfgifu <http://www.pase.ac.uk/pdb?dosp=VIEW_RECORDS&st=PERSON_NAME&value=4442&level=1&lbl=Ælfgifu>. Among these is Ælfgifu, wife of King Eadwig whose name is attested to in Sawyer 1292, "Exchange of Lands between Brithelm, Bishop of Wells and Æthewold,Abbot of Abingdon" as Ælfgifu þaes cininges wif in Robertson, Anglo-Saxon Charters, vol. 1, p.58 <http://books.google.com/books?id=ve9ZLMuPfxUC&pg=PA44&lpg=PA44&dq=Robertson+Charters+Abingdon&source =bl&ots=47VdbzP9KY&sig=HwfVMbk7UWyyrx17QvlAX5tcyvI&hl=en&ei=A8ZfTY2iE8PAgQfi1vyoAg&sa=X&oi=book_res ult&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CBMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Robertson%20Charters%20Abingdon&f=false>.
Ælfhelm - The Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England <http://www.pase.ac.uk/jsp/index.jsp> cites 36 separate entries for Ælfhelm <http://www.pase.ac.uk/pdb?dosp=VIEW_RECORDS&st=PERSON_NAME&value=16764&level=1&lbl=Ælfhelm>. Among these is Ælfhelm, Ealdorman of southern Northumbia who had a daughter named Ælfgifu <http://www.pase.ac.uk/pdb?dosp=PAGE_CHANGE&N=2>.
Name formation - John Ealre, ed., Two Anglo-Saxon Chronicles in Parallel, p. 109 <http://books.google.com/books?id=_FUJAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR6&dq=Two+of+the+Anglo-Saxon+Chronicles+Parallel&h l=en&ei=sdFfTZ6nNoiCtgf1uLzdCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAg#v=snippet&q=d ohter&f=false> shows "919. Her eac wearð Æþeleredes dohter Myrcna hlafordes {ae{lc's anwealdes on Myrcum benumen…" This show the patronymic pattern.
Her device was returned with her name. I'd like you to look at it again, please.
Herald of Record: Garnet Herald
2: Áengus mac Duibh - Resub Device
OSCAR finds the name on the Æthelmearc LoI of December 15, 2010 as submitted.
Gules, on a chief embattled argent, a bull's head cabossed sable
His previous device submission, Gules, on a fess argent, a bull's head cabossed sable was returned at Kingdom for conflict with Austria (important non-SCA arms, 12/94 Laurel; reregistered 199509) -- Gules, a fess argent, and Latvia (badge, 12/94 Laurel, Important non-SCA flag) -- Gules, a fess argent. The embattling brings it clear of the previous conflicts.
Herald of Record: Garnet Herald
3: Davan MacManus - New Name & New Device
Per bend vert and sable, a wolf secant ululant and in chief three crescents argent
Submitter desires a feminine name.
Sound (Davan, as currently spelled) most important.
Davan - O'C & M, p. 69, cites Damán: "m. "little stag, little ox". Damán Cléreecho of the royal raze of Airgialla (Oriel) is a northern saint whose feast day is 12 February. Aed Damán was an early king of west Munster who died in 633. The name could be anglicized Davin or Davan." Also, Mari Elspeth nic Bryan (Kathleen M. O'Brien), Index of Names in Irish Annals: Descriptive Bynames: Damán <http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/DescriptiveBynames/Daman.shtml>, cites Aeda Damáin, ríg Iarmuman to 633.
I note that the East Kingdom XLOI of October 31, 2008, sub Bríg na Úain, has the following statement:
The consulting herald further notes that in a perfect world, the submitter would prefer to be 'Brig the lambkin' rather than 'Brig of the lambs'. Examples of bynames using names of animals from the Annals Index include Sinnach/Sionnach 'fox', Daman 'little stag/ox', Cu 'wolf/hound'. If possible, the submitter would prefer to be Bríg Úainín based on these examples.
Further, the LoAR of February 2009, p. 5, sub Bríg na nUan says:
The examples of bynames meaning 'of the [type of domesticated animal]' found in Mari Elspeth nic Bryan, "Index of Names in Irish Annals", all use the genitive plural form of the animal term, with the definite article.Whether this helps us justify the given name is questionable. I have not been able to find any references outside of O'C&M to the desired spelling in Early Modern Irish. Any help would be appreciated.
MacManus - Black, p. 541, cites MacManus:
From MacMaghnuis, 'son of Magnus,' q.v. John M'Manis was a charter witness at Dumbretant, 1506.
There are two problems that I see here:
1. the Gaelic-Scots weirdness
2. The possible temporal weirdness if we cannot date the given name to late period (1300+)
The submitter is aware that this a masculine name. She still desires it.
Herald of Record: Garnet @ White Hart
4: Hrefna knarrarbringa - New Name & New Device
Per chevron vert and gules, a deer at gaze and in chief two owls argent
Submitter desires a feminine name.
Language (Old Norse) most important.
Meaning ("merchant ship bosom") most important.
Hrefna - Geirr Bassi, p. 11; Lind, c. 569 dates this to 1003 Hrefna Ásdeirs d. óðikollz kona Kiartans
knarrarbringa - Geirr Bassi, p. 24, "merchant ship bosom, big tits".
Herald of Record: Garnet @ White Hart
5: Orlando di Bene del Vinta - New Name & New Device
Vert, a sword inverted between two foxes combatant and in chief a mullet of eight points Or
Submitter desires a masculine name.
Language (Italian) most important.
Orlando - Ferrante LaVolpe, Italian Renaissance Men's Names: Italian Names from Florance: Alphabetical Names List <http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/ferrante/catasto/names.txt>, cites Orlando as occurring five times. Also, Julia Smith (Juliana de Luna), A Listing of all Men's Given Names from the Condado Section of the Florence Catasto of 1427 <http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/juliana/condado/mensfreq.html>, cites Orlando as occurring seven times.
di Bene - Julia Smith (Juliana de Luna), A Listing of all Names Given as Patronyms from the Condado Section of the Florence Catasto of 1427 <http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/juliana/condado/patroalpha.html> cites Bene as occurring nine times.
del Vinta - Julia Smith (Juliana de Luna), Frequency Listing of All Family Names that Occur Three Times or More from the Condado Section of the Florence Catasto of 1427 <http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/juliana/condado/familyfreq.html> cites this family name as meaning "maybe of the vanquished" and as occurring three times.
Name Formation - Julia Smith (Juliana de Luna), Names in 15th Century Florence and her Dominions: the Condado <http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/juliana/condado/> states the following:
Most people are identified by a given name, followed by di (of) and their father's name (in the case of widowed women, often by their husband's name), and by a family name. Examples of names from declarations (not the database, but actual declarations) include:Berto di Guido Triniciavelli
Antonio Filippi
Benedetto di Piero degli Strozzi
Mariotto di Franciescho di ser Sengnia
Herald of Record: Bera of Tavastland
6: Osa of the Green Lands - New Name & New Device
Per chevron purpure and vert, three valknuts and a bordure argent
Submitter desires a feminine name.
Sound (O-sa) most important.
Osa - Lind, c. 60, lists Osa as a variant of Ása.
Green Lands - the submitter desires this locative byname specifically, not of Greenland. I do not see a problem with this.
Valknuts have been registered as recently as April, 2010.
Herald of Record: Garnet @ White Hart
7: Ulrych Volckhart - Resub Device
OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in February of 2010, via Æthelmearc.
Per pales gules and azure, a winged stags head cabossed and in chief three mullets of four greater and four lesser points Or
His previous device submission, Per pale gules and azure, a winged stag's head cabossed Or, is on AE 134 and conflicts with Ricciardo da Nicolosi (reg. 11/2008 via Ansteorra), Vert, a winged stag's head affronty erased at the shoulder wings displayed Or.
This is clear by the addition of the mullets.
Herald of Record: Kathryn McClun