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Letter of Intent #74 Elsbeth Anne Roth,
Clarion Herald
Unto the
College of Heralds of {AE}thelmearc, greetings from Elsbeth
Anne Roth,
Clarion Herald.
Herein are my
comments on {AE}74.
1. Alaric of
M{ae}idesstana
As documented, the name has two weirdnesses, one for mixing Gothic
and English, and another for temporal incompatibility (as "Alaric"
probably was not in use much after the 5th or 6th
century). However, the date for "M{ae}idesstana" may not be
correct: Ekwall, s.n. Maidstone, labels the form "M{ae}idesstana"
with the notes "10 BCS 1321 f." "BCS" is the _Cartularium
saxonicum_, which indicates that the name is probably Anglo-Saxon
and thus older than 1321. Thus there may not be a weirdness for
temporal incompatibility. I also note that the article
"Anglo-Saxon Names" lists "Alric" as a male given name, so "Alric
of M{ae}idesstana" would be a good Anglo-Saxon name (with whatever
grammar alterations is needed for using a locative in
Anglo-Saxon).
3. Damian
Kennison
The citation in Black for "Kenison" is simply a cross reference to
"Cunieson", and the latter form is dated well out of period. I am
not certain if we can justify the use of "Ke-", especially as the
connection between "Kennieson" and "Cunieson" is a guess. Black,
s.n. Cunieson, lists "Cunnison" as a variant header spelling and
dates the forms "Cunysoun" to 1595 and "Cunieson" to 1606.
4. Dmitrii
Zhirov: Argent, a chevron quarterly gules and sable
The chevron is *not**quarterly gules and sable*, but is *per
chevron and per pale gules and sable*, and thus violated RfS
VIII.2.b (parts iii and iv), which indicate that divisions of four
parts must have good contrast excepting only quarterly and per
saltire. I did not find a conflict with *Argent, a chevron per
pale gules and sable*.
5. Emma Idunn
I am a bit skeptical that the Old Norse derivative for the name is
acceptable, especially as Norse did not use unmarked patronymics.
6. Hrothgar
Ivarson: Per chevron dovetailed gules and sable, in chief two lozenges
and in base two wolves statant argent
Withycombe, s.n. Roger, lists "Hrothgar" and an Old English name.
The article "Viking Names found in the _Landn{a'}mab{o'}k_" (my
copy of Geirr Bassi is missing) lists the related given name
"Hr{o'}{dh}geirr" as well as the Norse name "Ivarr", for which
"Ivarson" is the correctly formed patronymic.
7. James of
Hartstone
Withycombe, s.n. James, dates the form "James" to 1240.
9. Marioun Yong
In particular, Talan's article dates "Marioun" to 1528 and
1595. Black, s.n. Young, dates the form "Yong" in 1343 and the
form "Zong" in 1511. Could the form using 'Z' be a variant of
"3ong" (using a yogh)?
11. Reynold
Wolferton: Quarterly vert and argent, two wolves rampant argent
Technical conflict with Marlo the Morose (June, 1983), *Quarterly
azure and gules, in fess two poodles rampant argent*. There is a
CD for the field, but as the changing in position on the field is
forced by the tincture, it is not worth a second CD.