Artist's note: Please draw fewer, larger ermine spots.
Both name elements were documented through "Early 16th Century Scottish Lowland Names" by Effric Neyn Ken3ocht Mcherrald (http://medievalscotland.org/scotnames/lowland16/), in which it was noted that these particular spellings might be errors. Heralds at the Pelican decision meeting were able to confirm both spellings through the FamilySearch Historical Records.
Nice 16th century Scots name!
Submitted as Amelot Noiset_, the submitter requested authenticity for "early 14th c. northern France." In that era, Noiset would have been a literal descriptive rather than an inherited surname. Therefore, it needs to be feminized as Noisete to match the gender of the given name. With this correction, the name is authentic for the submitter's requested time period and language.
Artist's note: Please draw the arrow longer.
Casey is the submitter's legal given name. However, she does not need to rely on the Legal Name Allowance because Casey is also an attested 16th century English surname that can be used as a given name.
The submitter's previous name, Skjaldv{o,}r Vikarsdóttir, is retained as an alternate name.
Nice early 15th century Italian name from Florence!
The submitter's previous device, Per saltire sable and vert, an opinicus segreant contourny within a bordure argent, is retained as a badge.
This name combines a Turkish given name with an Arabic byname, an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C.
The submitter requested authenticity for "Turkish / Arabic" language or culture. Although some combinations of Turkish elements and Arabic elements are authentic, this one is not. Nearly all of the bynames found in pre-1600 Turkish documents are patronymics. We do not have evidence of descriptive bynames such as al-Zakiyya ("the intelligent") in Turkish names. Thus, the name is not authentic, but it is registerable.
The submitter's previous name, Elena Modarova vnuka, is retained as an alternate name.
This name does not conflict with the registered Sean Traveler, as there are three differences in sound and appearance between the two names: S- vs. J- in the given name, and Tra-VAY-OR or Tra-VAY-LOR vs. Tra-VEL-ER in the byname.
Huttinen was documented on the Letter of Intent as a header form in "Finnish Family Names for Inhabitants Assessed for Taxes in Savonlinna Province in 1571" (http://www.genealogia.fi/nimet/nimi13ae.htm). While this article contains some period spellings, the headers are all modernized forms.
Fortunately, after the close of commentary, Lillia Crampette found evidence of Huttinen in Knaapista populiin: tutkimuksia erilaistumisesta Satakunnan talonpojistossa vuosina 1390-1571 by Seppo Suvanto (https://books.google.com/books?id=SVzuAAAAMAAJ). In addition, Huttinen appears as a Scandinavian form rendered in 16th century German in Zeitschrift für die Geschichte des Oberrheins (Magazine for the History of the Upper Rhine), Volumes 31-32 (https://books.google.com/books?id=IacOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA168). Based on this evidence, we can register the name as submitted.
The submitter requested authenticity for the 14th century. This name meets that request, as both elements are attested in that period in Dutch.
The submitter's previous name, Morgaine MacNeil, is released.
Concerns were raised in commentary about whether this badge presumes upon the badge for House Blue Feather. While common practice in the SCA has been to use any depiction or physical representation of a blue feather to represent membership, affiliation, or alliance with that household, we will take this opportunity to remind everyone that the badge for House Blue Feather, registered to Moses von dem Falken in December 1990, is Argent, a feather azure. This badge is therefore clear with two DCs, one for fieldlessness and the other for orientation.
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Nice German name from circa 1300 onwards!
Nitra is the lingua Anglica form of the name of a city in Slovakia that has existed since the 9th century. This spelling is also found in the late 16th century in Germany.
Gizela was documented on the Letter of Intent as a Frankish name, which cannot be combined with either a North Slavic byname (from any time period) or a 16th century German byname. However, commenters were able to document Gizela as an interpolated spelling of numerous attested Hungarian forms, allowing this name to be registered.
Although the latest attested date for the Gaelic given name Lerthan is 773, Brían dorcha ua Conaill found instances in Gaelic documents of the male given name Uilliam appearing within 500 years of that date, making this name registerable.
The submitter requested authenticity for 13th century Wales "[i]f needed." This request was not summarized on the Letter of Intent. Fortunately, we have sufficient information to determine authenticity without needing to pend the name. This name does not meet the submitter's request because we could not find evidence of the surname Gelert used by real people in 13th century Wales. However, this name is authentic for late period English.
Nice badge!
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Nice 16th century Anglo-Scots name!
Nice 12th century Gaelic name! Brían dorcha ua Conaill found two instances of this precise name in the late 12th century.
Caedmon or Cædmon was an Anglo-Saxon poet. His name appears in the submitted spelling in Book IV, Chapter XXIV of Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis anglorum, which was published in the 8th century.
Cargill is the submitter's legal surname. As such, it is treated as neutral in time and language and can be combined with the 8th century Caedmon.
Artist's note: Please draw the charges larger to fill the available space.
Bonwicke was documented as the name of an SCA branch. However, the submitter does not need to rely on the Branch Name Allowance because Bonwicke is also a period place name, found in this spelling in 'Yorkshire Fines: 1583', in Feet of Fines of the Tudor Period [Yorks]: Part 2, 1571-83, ed. Francis Collins (Leeds, 1888), pp. 192-196. (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/feet-of-fines-yorks/vol2/pp192-196).
Submitted as Eleanor of Bonwicke, the submitter requested authenticity for 16th century English. The name as submitted name does not meet that request because literal locative bynames had fallen out of use by that era. The authentic 16th century form is Eleanor _ Bonwicke, in which Bonwicke is an inherited surname originally based on a location. At the submitter's request, we have made this change.
The submitter's previous device, Per bend sinister argent and sable, a winged trumpet counterchanged all within a bordure embattled vert, is retained as a badge.
Nice German name from the 13th century onwards!
The submitter's previous device, Azure, a duck naiant argent within a rosary, a bordure Or, is retained as a badge.
Nice 16th century English name!
Artist's note: Please depict the bend sinister a bit narrower, so that it takes up no more than a third of the whole shield shape.
The byname of the Loch was documented from Black's Surnames of Scotland, dated to 1214-1233. However, it appears that this is a normalized form and that the source document was in Latin. Fortunately, heralds at the Pelican decision meeting were able to document of the Loch as the lingua Anglica form of the confirmed period spelling del Louche, found in Black s.n. Loch dated to 1330.
Nice 16th century Italian name!
Ironskull is the lingua Anglica form of the Old Norse byname járnhauss.
This name combines an Old English given name with an Old Norse byname, an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C as long as both elements are dated prior to 1100 C.E.
Nice 16th century Spanish name!
Nice 13th century English name!
The submitter's previous name, Ásbj{o,}rn S{o,}lveigarson, is released.
There is a step from period practice for the use of valknuts.
Submitted as Walter Thomas Longstride, we were unable to construct Longstride from period elements. Although there were many period terms for a person with a long stride, none of them were Longstride. However, both Long and Stride are attested late period surnames. As Appendix A permits double surnames in English, with the submitter's permission, we have changed the name to Walter Thomas Long Stride.
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The use of the field division per chevron inverted enhanced is allowable under the Existing Registration Allowance. The submitter is the granddaughter of Leah de Spencer, whose device, Per chevron inverted enhanced sable and gules, in chief a cross patonce argent, and in base a stag's head couped affronté proper, attired Or, uses an identical field division.
Submitted as Kamei Kojirou, during commentary the submitter requested a change to Kamei Kojirou Yoshi'naga in order to use the naming pattern for a male member of the buke class. Yoshi'naga appears in NCMJ as a nanori.
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The submitter's previous device, Purpure, on a pile inverted between two natural dolphins haurient respectant argent, a mullet sable, reblazoned below, is retained as a badge.
Blazoned when registered as Purpure, on a pile inverted between two natural dolphins haurient respectant argent, a mullet sable, this field is better described as Per chevron purpure and argent.
Submitted as Jeffroie Laurence Du Bosc, no evidence could be found supporting the submitted spelling of the given name in period. The several instances of Jeffroie that can be found online are entirely modernized spellings. However, the spelling Jeffroi is found in the 14th century chanson de geste La destruction de Rome. We have made this change for registration.
In addition, the documentation shows the surname as Dubosc, not the submitted Du Bosc. We have changed the surname to match the documentation.
The submitter requested authenticity for "11th C. Norman." This name does not meet that request because the name elements cannot be dated as early as the 11th century. For example, the earliest attested date for the submitted spelling of the surname is 1500. In addition, the spelling Laurence is not found in French until the 16th century. Nevertheless, this is a registerable French name.
Her previous device, Per bend argent and gules, a swan sable and a sword inverted Or, is retained as a badge.
Just is an attested 16th century English given name found in the FamilySearch Historical Records.
Submitted as Rebeka Orosz, the submitter requested authenticity for Hungarian language and culture. To meet this request, with the submitter's permission, we have changed the name to Rebeka Oroz, an authentic Latinized Hungarian name for circa 1300.
Rhys is the submitter's legal given name.
Submitted as Rhys _ Makhdoom, Makhdoom or Makhdum is an Arabic title originally used by Sufi masters and teachers but now also used by Pakistani politicians and officials. We found no evidence of its being used as a name element within the SCA's period. However, we were able to construct a family name from this title in the form ibn al-Makhdoom based on the patterns found in "Son of the Hot-Tempered Woman: Women's Names in Arabic Bynames" by Juliana de Luna (http://medievalscotland.org/jes/ArabicMatronymics/). With the submitter's permission, we have changed the name to Rhys ibn al-Makhdoom for registration.
This is the defining instance of a demon's skull in Society armory. While demons are no longer acceptable as charges, per the Cover Letter of Aug 2011, demon's heads are still registerable - as recently as Feb 2012, in the device of Marek Viachedrago - from which this is a single step. A demon's skull is here defined to be a human skull with horns; fangs are optional. We will grant them no difference from unmodified human skulls.
In 2008, under the old Rules for Submissions, we ruled that Seán Glenny conflicted with the submitter's legal name and thus could not be registered. Under SENA, however, Sean Gleny is clear of his legal name under PN3C3.
Although familiar to most people as a Gaelic name, the submitter may be interested to know that Sean is also an Anglicized Irish male name found in "Names Found in Anglicized Irish Documents" by Mari ingen Briain meic Donnchada (http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnglicizedIrish/Masculine.shtml) dated to 1601. In either form, Sean can be combined with the Scots Gleny.
The submitter's previous name, Seán an Gleanna, is retained as an alternate name.
Submitted as Solveig frá Rauðá, diacritical markings in Old Norse names must be used or omitted consistently throughout. Therefore, the given name has been changed to Sólveig.
Additionally, frá is not used when forming a byname based on the name of a river, such as Rauðá. As Gunnvor Orle explained in commentary, at, meaning "by the side of," is the attested preposition in bynames based on river names. Therefore, we have changed the name to Sólveig at Rauðá.
On the July 2017 Letter of Acceptances and Returns, we returned the submitter's original name Valeas Proietto di Venezia because we found no evidence of Valeas as a name element. However, "[h]eralds at the Pelican decision meeting were able to document both Valens and Valerius as given names compatible with the remainder of the name." At the time, the submitter allowed no changes. On this resubmission, the submitter selected Valerius, a classical name revived in 16th century Germany and found in Italian literature from the Renaissance onwards.
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The submitter's previous name, Alexandra Shipman, is retained as an alternate name.
The submitter is a court baron and thus entitled to display of a coronet.
There is a step from period practice for using a gore in combination with another charge on the field.
The submitter's previous device, Purpure, a fox passant argent and a chief embattled ermine, is retained as a badge.
The submitter's previous device, Per chevron azure and argent, two crosses crosslet fitchy Or and a hawk rising azure, a bordure counterchanged, is released.
Questions were raised in commentary about whether the byname was an impermissible allusion to being a son of Odin. As Vakr appears in Kjalnesinga saga as the name of a normal human, this name element is registerable in a patronymic.
Attilium is the registered name of an SCA branch.
The submitter requested authenticity for 1580-1650 German. This request was not summarized on the Letter of Intent. Fortunately, we had sufficient information to determine authenticity without needing to pend the name. Although the given name Teresa meets this request, we were unable to construct Attilium as a German place name for the requested time frame. Therefore, the name is registerable but not authentic.
There is a step from period practice for blazoning the specific breed of dog.
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Myrgan Wood is the registered name of an SCA branch.
Originally submitted as Eva Toryn Wyfe, the name was changed at Kingdom to Evya Torynwyfe. The reason for these changes was not explained on the Letter of Intent. We remind Kingdoms that changes must be explained in the Letter of Intent, not simply identified.
The byname Torynwyfe was based on the pattern of given name + wyfe found in Middle English. However, Toryn is not a Middle English given name; it is a 16th century surname being used as a given name. This combination violates PN1B1 of SENA, which requires a single name phrase such as Torynwyfe to be from a single place and time.
Both Toryn and Wyfe, however, are independent 16th century surnames found in the FamilySearch Historical Records. As Appendix A permits double surnames in late period English, we have partially restored this name to Evya Toryn Wyfe for registration.
The submitter may wish to know that the originally-submitted given name Eva is registerable with the byname Toryn Wyfe. If the submitter prefers this given name, she may make a request for reconsideration.
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This badge is not in conflict with the badge of Eleanor Leonard, (Tinctureless) A mullet of four points distilling a goutte. In the registered badge, the goutte is large enough to be considered a secondary charge, and thus counts for difference.
The submitter has permission to conflict with the Barony of Eskalya's badge, Per chevron sable and Or, a caltrop sable.
Nice badge!
The pattern Order of the Serpent's X, where X is a body part, is registerable to the Barony of Calafia under the Existing Registration Allowance.
Nice late 16th century English name!
Nice mid-16th century English name!
Although standard Latin requires the father's name to be in the genitive (possessive) form when creating a patronymic, e.g., filius Eduini, medieval English parish records are highly idiosyncratic in their use of Latin. In commentary, Lillia Crampette identified multiple examples in English records where the father's name remained in the nominative (base) form despite being used in a patronymic. Therefore, this name can be registered exactly as submitted.
Nice Latinized English name for the 13th century!
Submitted as Gwendelion Tyre the submitter requested the spelling Gwendolyn if it could be documented. At the Pelican decision meeting, Ursula Palimpsest was able to document Gwendolyn as a 15th century English literary name connected with the Arthurian legends. As there is a pattern of using literary names in English, we have changed the name to use the submitter's desired spelling of the given name.
Based on the evidence found by Ursula Palimpsest, we also overturn the precedent (August 1995 CL) stating that Gwendolyn or Gwendolin are unregisterable post-period names. Both of these spellings are registerable as 15th century English literary names. See the Cover Letter for more details.
Submitted as Ingvarr Hallbjornsson, the submitter expressed a preference for the late period Swedish form Ingvar_, which was documented through the FamilySearch Historical Records. We have made this change for registration.
Nice Swedish name for circa 1600!
The submitter has permission to conflict with John of Ean Airgead, Vert, a chimney swift migrant palewise argent.
There is a step from period practice for a non-eagle displayed.
This name combines a Gaelic given name with an English surname, an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C.
The submitter's previous device, Per chevron sable and Or, three fish-hooks counterchanged, is retained as a badge.
Artist's note: Please draw the bordure thicker.
Artist's note: Please draw the crenelations of the bordure larger and more even.
Nice 9th-10th century Icelandic name!
There is a step from period practice for use of a central charge on a gyronny arrondi field drawn with the corners of the field in the center of a gyron.
Artist's note: Please provide internal details to aid in identification.
The submitter's previous name, Þýri Grímsdóttir, is released.
The submitter requested authenticity for "approximately 27 BC Roman." Although this name is registerable, it does not precisely meet this request because the cognomen Victorinus could not be dated earlier than 51 C.E.
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Submitted as Adelheid Fröhmke, the byname was documented as an undated form in Bahlow. However, undated forms (including header forms) from Bahlow are not usable documentation unless they are shown to be consistent with period spellings. In this case, Fröhmke appears to be an entirely modern spelling; the spellings of this surname found in period are Vromeke or Vrameke. As the former is closest to the submitted spelling and the submitter allows all changes, we have changed the name to Adelheid Vromeke for registration. This change does not affect the meaning of the surname, which the submitter stated was most important to her.
This is the defining instance of a dividing iron in Society armory. A dividing iron was a tool used by glaziers to cut stained glass pieces: the pointed tip was heated, then applied to the glass, which would crack and separate where the point touched. It's a period artifact, seen in the Ständebuch of Jost Amman, 1568, and therefore acceptable for Society use. We here define its default orientation with the handle to base, as in this submission.
The submitter's previous device, Or, in bend two capital letters "B" azure within a bordure gules, is released.
The curved haft of this depiction of the Lochaber axe does not appear to have any documentable period source, either in heraldic/artistic depictions or in extant weaponry of any pole axe. To date, the only heraldic depiction of a poleaxe with a curved haft is the Danish axe, as seen in late-period depictions of the arms of Norway. We will give the submitter the benefit of the doubt in registering this device, but absent documentation, we will cease allowing other poleaxes with curved hafts after the May 2018 LoAR.
The submitter's previous device, Argent, a swallow displayed guardant azure, on a chief sable three mullets of seven points argent, is retained as a badge.
Nice English name for the 15th century onwards!
The submitter's previous device, Argent, a sea-horse azure within a bordure sable, semy of mullets of four points argent, is released.
Rauða- is a prepended Old Norse descriptive byname meaning "iron ore," and Smiðr is an attested Old Norse given name.
The construction of the element Kameko was documented in the Letter of Intent from An Online Japanese Miscellany: Japanese Names by Anthony J. Bryant, updated by Joshua L. Badgley. (http://www.sengokudaimyo.com/miscellany/names.html). We remind heralds and submitters again that this website is not a reliable source. Indeed, in the case of this particular name, this source incorrectly stated that the suffix -ko means "son."
The submitter requested a masculine name. Although the element -ko originally (8th century C.E.) was a masculine suffix, by the 13-14th centuries it had become a feminine suffix. According to Name Construction in Medieval Japan (2d Ed.), the element Kame- does not begin appearing in Japanese names until the 14th century. Thus, while Kameko is a correctly constructed Japanese given name, it is not a masculine one. As the submitter has no objection to having a feminine name, we are registering the name as submitted.
There is a step from period practice for use of a compass star.
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Originally submitted as Elizabeth of Woodbury, the name was changed at Kingdom to Elizabeth of Wodeberie to match the documentation that could be found. However, having established that Woodbury was a place known in period, there was no need for the name to be changed at Kingdom. PN1B2c permits the modern of Woodbury to be used as a byname. In addition, at the Pelican decision meeting, Lillia Crampette was able to construct Woodbury in Middle English and document the same spelling to the mid-16th century. Therefore, we have restored the name to its original form.
On the April 2017 Letter of Acceptances and Returns, we ruled that "a pilgrim is considered a period heraldic charge for the purposes of creating order names." [Caerthe, Barony of. Order name Order of the Pilgrim of Caerthe, A-Outlands]. As we have evidence of order names based on the plural forms of heraldic charges, this name is registerable.
The submitter's previous device, Per chevron purpure and gules, a bow contourny drawing a needle Or threaded argent, is released.
The submitter requested authenticity for 9th-10th century Norse. The name is not "authentic" as the College of Arms uses that term, because the given name Kata is found c. 1100 in Sweden, whereas gyldir is an Icelandic byname from the first half of the 9th century. However, it is a registerable Old Norse name.
The submitter grants permission to conflict for any armory that is at least one countable step (DC) different from his device.
The submitter grants permission to conflict for any armory that is at least countable step (DC) different from his badge.
Submitted as Svartulfr av Frostheim, Frostheim was documented solely using the Branch Name Allowance. However, PN1B2f states: "Only the exact registered form of the branch name may be used, and they are registered in the lingua Anglica form, 'of Branchname'." Thus, unless Frostheim could be re-documented in Swedish, it could not be used with av; instead, this name would have to be registered as Svartulfr of Frostheim using the Branch Name Allowance.
In commentary, Gunnvor Orle was able to document Frost(a)heim as an Old Norse place name. In Old Norse, a locative byname takes the dative form. Therefore, a valid Old Norse form of this name would be Svartuflr í Frostheimi or Svartulfr á Frostheimi. At the submitter's request, we have changed this name to the entirely Old Norse Svartulfr í Frostheimi.
There is a step from period practice for charges in annulo not in their default orientation.
Wylla was documented on the Letter of Intent from the FamilySearch Historical Records using a document that showed the name as Wylla'. The apostrophe in this record is a scribal abbreviation, indicating that a letter or letters have been dropped from the name; Wylla' is likely an abbreviation for some form of Wylliam. Fortunately, we were able to find other records in FamilySearch that clearly show the name as Wylla, including several 16th century surnames that can be used as given names.
MacMillan is a valid variation of the attested spelling Makmyllan, dated to 1506 in Black s.n. Macmillan. In late period Scots, Mac- and Mak- were used effectively interchangeably, as were the letters i and y. In addition, period Scots records were inconsistent about capitalizing the letters following Mac- or Mak-.
Artist's note: Please draw the tree larger to fill the available space, perhaps with fewer, larger linden leaves.
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Peintris is a variant spelling of the documented term peyntrys, found in the Middle English Dictionary, meaning a female painter.
Nice 15th century English name!
Ramshaven is the registered name of an SCA branch.
Submitted as Dubh Easa ingen Laoighsigh, two corrections to the name were necessary for registration. First, the documentation for the given name supported Dubh Essa, not the submitted spelling. Second, the byname as submitted improperly combined the pre-1200 Gaelic ingen with the post-1200 Gaelic Laoighsigh in the same name phrase, which is prohibited by PN1B1. As the submitter prefers "Early Irish" language and culture, we have changed the byname to the entirely pre-1200 ingen Laigsig_.
Submitted as Freydís Strengere, the submitter requested a byname that referred to working with string. The submitted byname does not have that meaning; it refers instead to someone to plays a stringed instrument. In commentary, Gunnvor Orle offered a number of Old Norse and Old English bynames for persons engaged in the fiber arts. At the submitter's request, we have changed the byname to Webbestre an Old English byname meaning "female weaver."
This name combines an Old Norse given name and an Old English byname, an acceptable lingual mix as long as both elements are dated prior to 1100 C.E., as is the case here.
The submitter's previous device, Purpure bezanty, on a chief argent three demi-hedgehogs purpure, is released.
There is a step from period practice for use of paw prints.
Seashire is the registered name of an SCA branch.
The submitter has permission to conflict with the device of Emmelyne of Maeksbury, Gules, six lozenges argent.
This arrangement of charges, with the number explicitly blazoned, is found in the arms of the Earls of Winchester, mid-13th C.
Nice device!
Nice badge!
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Submitted as Aesa Ormstunga, the submitted spelling of the given name was not supported by the documentation. We have changed the given name to the attested spelling Æsa for registration.
Nice 9th-10th century Icelandic name!
The Letter of Intent argued that the Maker is a lingua Anglica form of the period German byname der Macher. The byname der Macher is supported by the attested German byname (in the genitive form) dicti Macher; for occupational bynames, der X was used interchangeably with dictus X in German.
Nice 14th century English name!
Nice Anglicized Irish name for circa 1600!
There is a step from period practice for use of a compass star.
Artist's note: Please draw the fitched points of the crosses correctly as smoothly tapering spikes, in keeping with period practice.
Nice 13th century English name!
Nice late 15th century German name!
The submitter requested authenticity for "15th Century Venice." This request was not summarized on the Letter of Intent. Fortunately, we had sufficient information to determine authenticity without having to pend the name. This name does not meet the submitter's request because we were unable to find evidence of Ziacomo until 1647, just before the cut off for acceptable documentation. However, this name is registerable.
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Nice late 13th century Welsh name!
Although not documented as such in the Letter of Intent, precedent holds that ulfr ('wolf") is registerable as an Old Norse descriptive byname following the pattern of descriptive bynames based on animals, such as dýr ("animal, deer"), hj{o,}rtr ("hart, stag"), and k{o,}ttr ("cat"). [Aron ulfr, 9/2010 LoAR, A-Ansteorra; Thorvaldr ulfr, 10/2010 LoAR, A-Ansteorra]
This name combines a French given name with a German byname, an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C.
The submitter's previous name, Ella Strasser, is released.
Submitted as Sáerlaith ingen Buadaig, diacritical markings must be used consistently throughout the entire name. Therefore, we have changed the name to Sáerlaith ingen Búadaig for registration.
The submitter requested authenticity for "female, non-Viking Irish, 850-900." This request was not summarized on the Letter of Intent. Fortunately we had enough information to determine that this name meets the submitter's request, without needing to pend the name.
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Although Meinrad is a German saint, late-period German given names can be borrowed into English under the February 2015 Cover Letter. Therefore, the attested instances of Meinrad as a given name in late-period German permit its use in the same name phrase as the English Saint.
The submitter has permission to conflict with the device of Nichelle of Whitewolfe, Per pale gules ermined argent and azure, an escallop inverted argent.
Nice Irish Gaelic name from the 14th century onwards!
Nice device!
Nice late period Italian name from Florence!
Nice device!
Nice device!
Ethelbreth is an attested 16th century English form of the saint's name Æthelberht. Unsteady is the lingua Anglica form of the attested Middle English term unsted-fast.
This name is clear of the registered Æthelhere the Unsteady under PN3C2 and the May 2013 Cover Letter, which provides that a single syllable may be considered substantially difference in sound and appearance if the consonant(s) (or lack thereof) on both sides of a vowel (but not the vowel) are changed. Under this standard, -breth and -here are substantially different and the names are clear of conflict.
Nice 9th-10th century Icelandic name!
There is a step from period practice for the use of a wyvern displayed.
The use of a triskelion of spirals is a step from period practice.
Nice English name for circa 1600!
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Nice 14th century Occitan French name!
The submitter requested authenticity for "8th-9th Century Frankish Bertramnus and Old English dweller in the dale or hollows." This request was not summarized on the Letter of Intent. Fortunately, we had sufficient information to determine authenticity without needing to pend the name. This name does not meet the submitter's request because Bertram is not Frankish, although it is related to the Frankish Bertramnus, and the byname is in Middle English, not old English. However, this name is authentic for 13th century English and the byname does have the desired meaning.
The submitter may be interested to know that Adelaide de Beaumont documented Bertrannus de Bodmescel as an authentic late 11th century Latinized English form of the same name. If he prefers this form, he may make a request for reconsideration.
The submitter requested authenticity for an unspecified language or culture. This request was not summarized on the Letter of Intent. Fortunately, we had sufficient information to determine authenticity without needing to pend the name. This name is an authentic French name for Gascony circa 1300.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a compass star.
Originally submitted as Roxana Xanthia called The Archer, the name was changed at Kingdom to Roshanak Xanthia. The reason for this change was not explained on the Letter of Intent. Submissions heralds are reminded that the reason for a change, not just the fact that a change was made, must be summarized on the Letter of Intent.
In this case, the change was not necessary. In commentary, Adelaide de Beaumont documented Roxane as a transliteration from classical Greek found in the LGPN. Thus, Roxane Xanthia is an authentic classical Greek name. Roxana is a plausible Latinized form.
At the Pelican decision meeting, Ursula Palimpsest found evidence of the classical Latin byname sagittarius meaning "archer," in the Heidelberg Epigraphic Database. In the same source, she also found evidence of classical bynames using dictus (meaning "called"). Therefore, we can plausibly construct a classical Latin byname, contemporaneous with the Greek element Xanthia, whose lingua Anglica form is "called (the) archer."
Based on the above, we have substantially restored the name to Roxana Xanthia called the archer for registration.
Nice 16th century Italian name from Pisa!
(to Meridies acceptances) (to Meridies returns)
This name combines a Gaelic given name with an English byname, an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C.
Submitted as Artare Macgregour, the submitter requested authenticity for Scots Gaelic. The submitted form is Anglo-Scots. With the submitter's permission, we have changed it to a fully Gaelic form, Artúr mac Griogair. However, due to the very small amount of available documentation in Scots Gaelic, the given name is an Irish Gaelic form.
Submitted as Ásbj{o,}rn seli, the submitter intended his byname to mean "seal." However, the nominative (base) form of the Old Norse word for "seal" is selr; seli appears to be the dative form or a typo. We have changed the name to Ásbj{o,}rn selr for registration.
Artist's note: Please draw the hind legs separate from the tail to aid in identifiability.
The Letter of Intent did not provide evidence for the spelling Rosetti. However, Rosetti appears as a surname in Plictho de l'arte de tentori, che insegna tenger panni telle banbasi et sede si per l'arthe magiore come per la comune (https://books.google.com/books?id=jnpXAAAAcAAJ), published in 1540.
The submitter requested authenticity for the Italian language. As both elements are found in Italy in the mid-16th century, this name meets the submitter's request.
The submitter's previous primary name, Sorcha Brecc ingen Donnchada, is retained as an alternate name.
Nice late period German name!
The submitter requested authenticity for Irish. Although this is a registerable Irish Gaelic name, it is not "authentic" as the College of Arms defines that term because there is a gap of nearly 400 years between attested examples of the name elements.
This is the defining instance of a caterpillar in SCA heraldry. The caterpillar was known to period Europeans, and the submitter has supplied a depiction from Joris Hoefnagel, dated 1596.
As the charge would be rendered unidentifiable if depicted tergiant, we include in the definition of caterpillars as charges the default posture of horizontal and in profile, with all feet down.
This name is clear of the registered Beni Svensson under PN3C1 as there are two differences in sound and appearance between Drengi and Beni: Dr- vs. B- and -engi vs. -eni.
The submitter may be interested to know that an entirely Old Norse form of this name is Drengi Sveinsson. If he would prefer this form, he may make a request for reconsideration.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a lightning bolt that's not part of a thunderbolt.
Artist's note: Please draw the lightning bolt thicker and bolder.
Nice late 15th century Spanish name!
Nice English name from the late 14th century onwards!
The submitter requested authenticity for "15th C. German-speaking world." This name does not meet that request because we were unable to find evidence of the spelling Leopold in German prior to the 16th century.
An authentic 15th century German form would be Leupold Sturmer. If the submitter prefers this form, he may make a request for reconsideration.
Questions were raised in commentary whether the byname galinn was an improper claim of supernatural powers. It is not. Cleasby & Vigfusson define galinn as "enchanted, but used in the sense of mad" and as "voluptuous, sensual." Neither of these meanings claim supernatural powers. Ordinary humans are capable of being both mad (in the sense of insane) and voluptuous or sensual.
The submitted requested authenticity for "England, 14th C." This name meets that request.
The byname of the Fenix is based on the registered name of an SCA branch.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a fimbriated ordinary with an overall charge.
Artist's note: Please draw all charges larger to fill the available space.
Artist's note: Please draw all charges larger to fill the available space.
Artist's note: Please draw all charges larger to fill the available space.
Artist's note: Please draw all charges larger to fill the available space.
Artist's note: Please draw all charges larger to fill the available space.
Artist's note: Please draw all charges larger to fill the available space.
Artist's note: Please draw all charges larger to fill the available space.
Artist's note: Please draw all charges larger to fill the available space.
(to Middle acceptances) (to Middle returns)
The submitter's previous name, Alexandra de Louvain, is retained as an alternate name.
Nice 16th century Dutch name!
No documentation was provided for this charge, which was registered only once before in September 1995 to Alda Mauricia. However, Bruce Batonvert provided an example from Siebmacher, 1605, plate 222. We remind submitters to provide documentation if a charge has not been registered in more than a decade, per SENA A2A.
Precedent holds that ulfr ('wolf") is registerable as an Old Norse descriptive byname following the pattern of descriptive bynames based on animals, such as dýr ("animal, deer"), hj{o,}rtr ("hart, stag"), and k{o,}ttr ("cat"). [Aron ulfr, 9/2010 LoAR, A-Ansteorra; Thorvaldr ulfr, 10/2010 LoAR, A-Ansteorra]
This name combines an Old English given name with two Old Norse bynames, an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C as long as all elements are dated prior to 1100 C.E.
Commenters asked if this submission contained a unity of orientation issue. Quadrupedal postures have an orientation that can only be modified through an orientation that applies to multiple charges at once that resorts in the individual charges being at different angles (e.g. heads to center) or when placed on a diagonal ordinary like a chevron or a bend, but are otherwise clearly defined and unmodifiable (e.g. a lion with a horizontal body and splayed limbs is courant, not "salient fesswise"), while bird postures can be and frequently are modified with an orientation (e.g. an eagle displayed fesswise, a swallow migrant to sinister chief). So long as the orientations used in the bird postures are identical, rather than interactive, there is no unity of orientation issue between avians and quadrupeds.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a bird migrant (functionally equivalent to displayed) that isn't an eagle.
Nice late 15th century Spanish name!
Nice device!
Nice badge!
Nice 9th-10th century Icelandic name!
(to Northshield acceptances) (to Northshield returns)
Submitter's previous device, Gules, a bend between two scorpions bendwise sinister, heads to center argent, is retained as a badge.
In commentary, Gunnvor Orle constructed Langskeggr as an Old Norse byname meaning "long beard."
Per the Cover Letter of April 2010, a pair of drinking horns, with no other qualifiers, means the two horns have the concave sides facing one another.
Ursula George's excellent article "Middle Mongol Grammar for SCA Names" (http://heraldry.sca.org/names/mongolgrammar.html) provides evidence of the pattern tribe name + genitive suffix + given name.
There is a step from period practice for the use of natural tigers.
Artist's note: Please draw all charges larger to fill the available space.
(to Outlands acceptances) (to Outlands returns)
Nice late 15th century Spanish name!
This name combines a Spanish given name with an Italian byname, an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C.
The submitter may be interested to know that an entirely Italian form of the name is Alvira d'Acri. If she prefers this form, she may make a request for reconsideration.
Originally submitted as Katarzyna Danilowska Falkówna, Kingdom added a diacritical marking, making the first byname Danilówska. This addition was not supported by the documentation; attested forms of bynames created from Danilo do not use markings. We have removed the marking and restored the name to its original form for registration.
Based on our current state of knowledge, Polish is highly inconsistent in its use of diacritical markings. Therefore, pending further research, we will not require consistency of markings throughout Polish names.
The submitter requested authenticity for the Polish language. This request was not summarized on the Letter of Intent. Fortunately, we had sufficient information to determine authenticity without having to pend the name. As corrected, this name is authentic for Polish in the latter half of the 16th century.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a non-eagle displayed.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a New World magnolia.
This badge does not conflict with the populace badge of the Crown Province of Østgarðr, (Fieldless) A natural sea-horse proper. Neither Laurel's archive nor the kingdom records have a color copy of the badge, which has for some years led to confusion and suggested conflict calls. We are working with Østgarðr to settle the tincture of the badge, and a reblazon will be issued soon. However, we are assured by the territory that their populace badge is not vert in practice, and so there is a DC for tincture as well as the standard DC for fieldlessness.
Nice English name from the 15th century onwards!
The submitter requested authenticity for "Circa 200 BC Greek." Ursula Palimpsest determined that the earliest example of the given name [Sigma tau rho alpha tau omicron nu {iota'} kappa eta] in the LGPN is 429 B.C.E. and that the name continued in use through at least the first century C.E. The byname is probably authentic for the same time frame but we do not have sufficient data to say for certain.
(to Trimaris acceptances) (to Trimaris returns)
Artist's note: Please center the wolf's head on the latticework of the portcullis.
The submitter stated that the pronunciation ann-ell for the given name was important to her. She should be aware that the submitted name is pronounced more like AHN-eh-lee. However, Annell is a 16th century English surname that can be used as a given name and then borrowed into German under the February 2015 Cover Letter. If the submitter prefers Annell Breylin in order to ensure the desired pronunciation, she may make a request for reconsideration.
Submitted under the name Evert van Eyck de Vriese.
Their current device, Vert, a laurel wreath, on a chief embattled argent three ducks close vert, is retained as ancient arms.
Submitted as Hosokawa no Shitagau, the use of the element no is not appropriate in this name because Hosokawa is a family name but not an uji type name. As a general rule, no is used only with uji type names, such as those found in p. 392 of Name Construction in Medieval Japan (2d ed.). Therefore, we have removed the element no for registration.
The submitter requested authenticity for "Norse." This request was not summarized on the Letter of Intent. Fortunately, we had sufficient information to determine authenticity without needing to pend the name. This name is authentic for 9th-10th century Iceland, which meets the submitter's request.
Nice late 16th century English name!
Ovie is the submitter's legal given name.
Submitted as Ovie Bjornsdóttir, the byname was not correctly formed for the "Norse - Viking Age" name requested by the submitter. The correct Old Norse construction is Bjarnardóttir. We have made this change for registration.
If the submitter prefers the late Swedish form Bjornsdottir, she may make a request for reconsideration.
Submitted as Sara au Petit_ Rose, the byname was not correctly constructed. As rose is a feminine word in French, the correct construction for a French inn-sign byname is a la Petite Rose. We have made this change for registration.
(to West acceptances) (to West returns)
- Explicit littera accipiendorum -
Auvinen was documented on the Letter of Intent as a header form in "Finnish Family Names for Inhabitants Assessed for Taxes in Savonlinna Province in 1571" (http://www.genealogia.fi/nimet/nimi13ae.htm). While this article contains some period spellings, the headers are all modernized forms. In particular, we found no evidence of the spelling Auvinen within the SCA's period.
The period spellings appearing in the cited article are Auffuin and Affuoinen. In addition, during commentary, ffride wlffsdotter identified the following period spellings: Auinen, Auinenn, Aufuinen, and Awfuinen. The various attested spellings also support the interpolated Aufvinen. We would have changed the byname to one of these forms, but the submitter allows no changes. Therefore, the name must be returned.
(to Æthelmearc acceptances) (to Æthelmearc returns)
None.
(to An Tir acceptances) (to An Tir returns)
This device is returned for lack of blazonable orientation. In the July 2012 return of Aldontza Nafarra's device, it was ruled:
This device is returned for not being reliably blazonable, which is a violation of section VII.7.b of the Rules for Submissions, and section A1C of the Standards for Evaluation, both of which require an emblazon to be describable in heraldic terms. Long-standing precedent does not allow animate charges to be inverted except when they are part of a standard arrangement such as in annulo. The posture and orientation of the birds here is difficult to adequately describe, and so this must be returned.
In annulo is a term used to describe charges arranged in such a ways that they form an annulet, or circle. It's possible for a number (usually 6 or more) of any type of charge to be in annulo by arranging them so their centers follow a circle, and certain long, skinny charges like serpents or stag's attires can be in annulo with only one charge. However, when there are five or fewer charges in the charge group, the ability of charges to represent an annular formation becomes more difficult and dependent upon the shape and orientation of the charges. Three wolves rampant, heads to center, cannot be in annulo, because their arrangement and orientation do not suggest an annulet. However, three wolves courant can be in annulo, provided their bodies curve and conform to the shape of an annulet.
SENA A5E4 grants substantial difference for arrangement between charges arranged two and one and charges arranged in annulo. The charges in this submission are clearly arranged two and one, with their wings and bodies forming triangular, rather than annular, shapes. The ravens, therefore, cannot be considered in annulo. Absent means to describe their orientation, and documentation for an animate charge inverted that isn't allowed through a step from period practice for charges in annulo not in their default orientation, this device is returned.
This device is returned for having two tertiary charge groups on the same charge. As maintained charges are not co-primary or co-secondary with their maintaining charge when they appear on the field, and as there cannot be multiple charge groups on the same primary or secondary charge, tertiary charges thus cannot be maintained by other tertiary charges.
(to Ansteorra acceptances) (to Ansteorra returns)
This device is returned for lack of documentation on the posture. The submitted blazon uses "naiant," a posture that is applied exclusively to fish and fish-like creatures (when swimming horizontally) and waterfowl (when close with the feet hidden (i.e. underwater), "swimming" on top of the water). Naiant has not previously been applied to quadrupeds, and no documentation was provided making the case for it.
However, no other known posture can accurately be used to describe this posture. The rear flippers are splayed back, rather than oriented towards the "ground," an orientation we only see in quadrupeds when courant, while the foreflippers push straight down. This arrangement of limbs doesn't match any known heraldic posture and must therefore be returned.
(to Artemisia acceptances) (to Artemisia returns)
This device is returned for redraw. Commenters could not recognize the presence of the ermine spots. Upon resubmission, the submitter is encouraged to draw thicker chevrons and larger ermine spots.
This device is returned for violation of SENA A2C3, which disallows the blurring of charge groups. Commenters could not determine whether the hand and axe were of sufficiently similar visual weight to be considered co-equal charges, or whether the hand was small enough to be considered a maintained charge.
If the charges are considered co-secondaries, this device must also be returned for violation of SENA A3D2a, which disallows more than two types of charge in the same charge group.
There is a step from period practice for use of a bend sinister bevilled with other charges directly on the field.
(to Atenveldt acceptances) (to Atenveldt returns)
This device is returned for having a charge surmounting flaunches. In the December 2011 LoAR return of Matthew MacTyre's device, Azure, a stag rampant between flaunches argent within a bordure counterchanged, Laurel stated: "This device is also returned due to the bordure surmounting the flaunches. While flaunches may be charged, surmounting flaunches has long been cause for return." The return cited several prior precedents returning charges surmounting flaunches, including examples of both central and peripheral charges, dating back to 1983. Absent documentation that flaunches were surmounted by other charges, this practice will continue to be grounds for return.
(to Atlantia acceptances) (to Atlantia returns)
None.
(to Avacal acceptances) (to Avacal returns)
This device has been withdrawn by the submitter.
(to Caid acceptances) (to Caid returns)
None.
(to Calontir acceptances) (to Calontir returns)
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Alice of Kent, Vert, a sprig of elder bendwise sinister argent, with one DC for change of field, but none for the forced move to sinister base. Submitted as an ear of wheat, commenters had difficulty recognizing the charge, with several commenters noting its similarity to a branch of laurel or a fern, due in no small part to the lack of lemma, or hairy filaments that issue from each seed in typical depictions of wheat.
This badge must be returned for conflict with the device of Conrad Breakring, Argent, an annulet fracted on the dexter side sable, with one DC for fieldlessness, but none for the fracting, which is considered an artistic detail.
This badge is returned for conflict with the device of Gaston de Champvieux, Per pale gules and sable, a sinister hand in benediction argent and a bordure embattled Or. There is one DC for the field. Per precedent, "The SCA grants no difference between a hand and gauntlet, no difference between a dexter hand/gauntlet and a sinister hand/gauntlet, and no difference for appaumy vs. aversant. The first two are due to period examples of arms being drawn both ways; the third is due to aversant being an SCA-ism. (Johnathan Crusadene Whitewolf the Younger, March 2006 LoAR)" While this same precedent granted a DC between an open hand and clenched fist, hands in benediction are much closer to an open hand, with only the ring and pinky fingers flexed. As was ruled in the return of the Barony of Glymm Mere's badge in the June 2014 LoAR, "We grant no difference between a glove and a hand, nor do we grant difference for showing only three fingers extended as opposed to all five."
(to Drachenwald acceptances) (to Drachenwald returns)
This device is returned for lack of documentation of the arrangement of the charges. SENA Appendix J lists a substantial number of accepted arrangements of charges with three or more charge groups, and states that "Other arrangements of charge groups must be individually documented." Unfortunately, two separate non-ordinary secondary charge groups situated about a non-ordinary primary charge is not covered by any of the arrangements listed.
This device was submitted with the cat and brush listed as co-primary charges. However, they do not have the same visual weight, and the cat crosses the fessline while the brush does not, which makes the charges primary and secondary under the guidelines established in the March 2017 LoAR cover letter.
(to Ealdormere acceptances) (to Ealdormere returns)
None.
(to East acceptances) (to East returns)
This device is returned for violation of SENA A3D2c, which requires that "The charges within a charge group should be in either identical postures/orientations or an arrangement that includes posture/orientation." The wolf's head in sinister is inverted, which must be explicitly blazoned separately from the head in dexter. Also, longstanding precedent does not allow inverted animate charges in SCA heraldry except when in a recognized arrangement such as in annulo.
(to Gleann Abhann acceptances) (to Gleann Abhann returns)
This device must be returned for violation of SENA A3B4, which requires that charges have good contrast with the background upon which they are placed. In the return of Rolant Richolf von dem Reyne's device in the LoAR of July 2006, it was ruled:
While collaring a beast's head is normally worth a CD, in this case the collar cannot be considered a tertiary charge as it is the same tincture class (metal) as the underlying charge. Thus the device must again be returned for conflict. If the collar is considered a tertiary charge, then this would have to be returned for violating RfS VIII.2.b - Contrast Requirements. Making the collar a color rather than a metal will allow it to count as a tertiary charge and clear the conflict with [Name's] device. We note that a purpure collar should not be used on a purpure field.
In the previous return, the cur's heads were issuant from coronets, which made them co-primary, thus requiring that the coronets have good contrast with the field. However, the coronets in this submission have neck above and below, functioning as collars much like those in the submitter's existing registered armory. They are thus considered equivalent to tertiary charges, and must have good contrast with the heads. Unfortunately, not only is there poor contrast between the gold bands and silver heads, there is zero contrast for the pearls. We will note that changing the tincture of the coronets, either to sable as in the submitter's existing registration, or any color other than gules, will solve this issue.
The submitter is a court baroness and entitled to a coronet.
(to Lochac acceptances) (to Lochac returns)
None.
(to Meridies acceptances) (to Meridies returns)
This device is returned for conflict with the badge of Ioseph of Locksley, the Rhymer, Argent, a seven-headed hydra passant vert. There is one DC for adding the oak leaf, but precedent has long held that the number of heads on an animal does not count for difference.
This device was withdrawn by the submitter.
This device is returned for redraw. Commenters struggled to identify the charge, which lacked internal detailing and did not have the silhouette seen in registered or documented depictions of manta rays.
This device is returned for redraw. Commenters struggled to identify the charge, which lacked internal detailing and did not have the silhouette seen in registered or documented depictions of manta rays.
This must be returned for violating SENA A2C2, which states: "Elements must be drawn to be identifiable." As drawn, the per-saltire field is not readily identifiable: where it should divide the field into four equal parts, as drawn the sable portions are very large and the vert portions almost non-existent.
When divided fields are used with other peripheral ordinaries, the lines of division are redrawn to split the visible field, not the entire shield itself. So, for instance, when drawing Per saltire sable and vert, a chief Or, the per-saltire lines move down to start at the bottom of the chief, instead of the top edge of the shield as usual. In like manner, in this design, we'd expect the per-saltire lines to intersect the shield's edge at the corners of the flaunches, where they issue from the shield's edge. This would be more obvious if drawn on a square or rectangular shape, rather than a shield.
This would still leave the field with much more sable than vert; it's possible that flaunches might not be usable on a per-saltire field. But certainly, the current depiction has so little balance between what should be equal portions of the field that it must be returned.
This device must be returned for violation of SENA A2C2, which requires that the orientation of charges be recognizable. The sheaf of lightning bolts is neither fesswise nor bendwise, and thus blurs the distinction between the two orientations.
There is a step from period practice for use of lightning bolts outside of a thunderbolt.
This augmentation is returned for redraw. Commenters were not able to identify the limb holding the harp. Given the small size of augmentations, we're not sure this design is usable as a viable augmentation of arms.
We remind royalty that while they may bestow augmentations of arms and regulate the use of badges registered to their kingdoms, they do not have the authority to dictate the form of an augmentation. We also encourage the submitter to work with their principal herald to explore alternative design options which will meet the requirements of kingdom custom.
This badge is returned for violation of SENA A2C1, which requires that "Elements must be drawn in their period forms and in a period armorial style." In the November 2012 LoAR, it was ruled that a standing balance is a post-period artifact. The period form of the charge is a hanging balance, which is nearly identical to the submission but without a stand upon which the balance rests. We encourage the submitter to resubmit with the period depiction of a balance, noting that commenters did not find conflict with that design.
(to Middle acceptances) (to Middle returns)
None.
(to Northshield acceptances) (to Northshield returns)
None.
(to Outlands acceptances) (to Outlands returns)
None.
(to Trimaris acceptances) (to Trimaris returns)
This device is returned for conflict with Sveinn rauðskegger Einarsson, Azure, a natural salamander statant regardant queue forchy Or. There is one DC for shifting the orientation of the primary charge from dexter to sinister, but no difference between a natural salamander and a wingless dragon.
This name must be returned for lack of documentation for the name pattern. Although it may appear to be a locative byname, de Vriese is actually a descriptive byname meaning "the Frisian." Thus, this name is in the pattern given name + locative byname + descriptive byname. That pattern is not found in Appendix A for Dutch and no documentation could be found for it in commentary or post-commentary research.
As indicated in Appendix A, the most common pattern in period Dutch names is given name + byname, with some instances of given name + patronymic byname + locative. We would drop one of the bynames from this name in order to bring it within an attested pattern, but the submitter does not allow major changes. Therefore, we are returning the name so that the submitter may consider his options.
His device is registered under the holding name Evert of the West.
(to West acceptances) (to West returns)
- Explicit littera renuntiationum -
- Explicit -
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