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THEFOLLOWINGITEMSHAVEBEENREGISTERED:
ANTIR
AlysLakewood.Name.
CynthiaduPont.Nameanddevice.Gules,aswannaiantwithinabordureargent.
PiersLakewood.Name.
ReginaO’Duncan.Badge.(Fieldless)Afrogbendwisesinisterargent.
SeánÓGallchobhair.Name.
SubmittedasSeánÓGallchobhar,GaelicgrammarrequiresthatGallchobharbeputintothegenitivecasefollowingÓ,e.g,Ó
Gallchobhair.WehavechangedthenametoSeánÓGallchobhairtocorrectthegrammar.
SeánÓGallchobhair.Blanketpermissiontoconflictwithname.
Þróndrsteinsbrjótr.Name.
SubmittedasÞróndrSteinbrjótr,descriptivebynamesinOldNorsewhicharenotbasedonpropernounsorproperadjectives
shouldnotbecapitalized.Also,precedentsays:
SubmittedasRagnarrrifbrjótr,allthedocumentedexamplesofX-brjótrthatweresuppliedontheLoIandbythe
commentershavetheXelementinthegenitivecase.WehavechangedthenametoRagnarrrifsbbrjótrtomatchthe
documentedexamplesandfixthegrammar[LoAR08/2008,Atlantia-A].
WehavechangedthenametoÞróndrsteinsbrjótrinordertoregisterit.
Wealdsmere,Baronyof.OrdernameOrderoftheSilverQuiver(seePENDSforotherordernames).
ANSTEORRA
AdolfBernhard.Nameanddevice.Perpalesableandgules,onaplateabearpassantperpalegulesandsableandonachiefargent
threepellets.
AmataAmatid’Arezzo.Device.Perfessembattledgulesandargent,asuninsplendorOrandafleur-de-lysgules.
Thefleur-de-lyswasblazonedontheLoIasflorencée.Theexactdrawingstyleoffleurs-de-lysisanon-blazonableartistic
detail.ThesubmitterisentirelywelcometouseaFlorentinefleur-de-lysindepictionsofherarmory.
BranislavaKirilovadoch’Volkova.Device.Azure,onachevroninvertedsablefimbriatedthreespur-rowelsargent.
CiaránMacGiollaBhríghde.Name.
CoenredætRauenesdale.HouseholdnameCompanyofHellsgate.
ColecteLaFourniere.Name(seeRETURNSfordevice).
SubmittedasColectelefournier_,thesubmitterrequestedauthenticityfor1400sBurgundy,France.Thebynamelefournieris
amasculineform;duringthe15thcenturywewouldexpectawomantouseafeminineform,e.g.,LaFourniere,whichis
foundinAryanhwymerchCatmael,"FrenchNamesfromParis1421,1423,&1438",withtwoexamplesin1421,andin
AryanhwymerchCatmael,"NamesfromChoisy,France,1475-1478",datedto1477.WehavechangedthenametoColecteLa
Fournieretomeetherrequestforauthenticity.
DiegodeQuevedo.Name.
Nicename!
Genevieved’Avignon.Name.
GwendolynMacHutcheon.Name.
Gwendolynisthesubmitter’slegalgivenname.
IsobeldeKirkbryde.Device.Argent,asaltirevertbetweeninpaletworosesazureleavedvert.
BlazonedontheLoIascamellias,thattermwasallowedinSeptember2004duetoacant.Thereisnocanthere.Sincethe
flowersareindistinguishablefromroses,wehaveblazonedthemassuch.
KazimierzofLochRuadh.Device.Perbendsableandazure,adouble-headedeaglebetweenthreecrossespatonceargent.
KolfinnaKáradóttir.Device.Quarterlygulesandargent,inbendtwoBowenknotsOr.
RadegundofTours.Device.Sable,atowerandonachiefargentthreeturnipspurpureleavedvert.
ThesubmitterhaspermissiontoconflictwithDaibheadMacUater,Sable,acastle,onachiefargentthreepheonssable.
RicciardodaNicolosi.Badge.Vert,awingedstag’sheadaffrontyerasedattheshoulderwingsdisplayedOr.
RichardMacHutcheon.Name.
RoesiaSorweles.Name.
Good13thCEnglishname!
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RoseatteWode.Name.
Nice13thCEnglishname!
SarraAsshtonofYork.Device.Gyronnyoftenermineandvert.
ARTEMISIA
BrigitingenuiChillini.Device.Perchevroninvertedvertandargent,alionsejantOrandthreetrefoilsvert.
ClaredeLacy.Name(seeRETURNSfordevice).
ThisdoesnotconflictwithClaredeCrecy.Thebynamesaresignificantlydifferentinappearance,andthechangeininitial
consonantplusthechangeinvowelqualityisenoughforthetwotoalsobesignificantlydifferentinsound.
DietrichofHuntington.NamechangefromDeodericusofHuntington.
ThebynameofHuntingtonisgrandfatheredtohim.ThisnamecombinesEnglishandGerman,whichisonestepfromperiod
practice.
Hispreviousname,DeodericusofHuntington,isreleased.
GabrielHawketheGunsmith.Device.Perpaleazureandargent,infessahawkdisplayedbelledandjessedperpaleargentandsable
betweentwowheel-lockpistolspalewisetriggerstocenterargentandsable.
Thisisthedefininginstanceofawheel-lockpistolinSocietyarmory.Thistypeofpistolisaperiodartifact,datingfromthe
early1500’s.
Theuseofabirddisplayed,otherthananeagle,isastepfromperiodpractice.
JulesWarwick.Nameanddevice.Sable,anelephantstatantargentbetweenfourquatrefoilstwoandtwoOr.
ThenamewaslistedontheLoIasJulesWarnick,butboththeformsandthedocumentationlistedthebynameasWarwick.We
havemadethiscorrection.
ThetinctureofthequatrefoilswasomittedontheLoI.Acorrectionlistingthetincturewasmadethenextday.Sinceacolor
emblazonwasalsoincluded,enoughcommentersnotedthecorrecttincture,thatthisdoesnotneedtobependedforfurther
conflictchecking.
MatildaofStirling.Nameanddevice.Perfessazureandgules,ademi-sunissuantfromthelineofdivisionOrandapairofwings
conjoinedinlureargent.
TherewassomequestionwhetherStirlingwasaperiodspellingoftheplacename.TheDictionaryoftheScotsLanguagehas
periodexamplesofthisspelling,including"ThehaylexspencisofthejustisayreofStirling"in1492,s.v.lugin.
SumayyabintSuleiman.Device.Perchevronthroughoutpurpureandgules,twocrescentsandanelephantstatantargent.
ThisisclearofCandiceofSwampkeep,Perchevronpurpureandgules,inpaleacrescentandinfessanincrescentand
decrescentargent.ThereisanobviousCDforthechangeinarrangement,fromtwo-and-onetoone-and-two.Thereisalsoa
CDforarrangementofthechargegroup:twoofCandice’sthreecrescentshavetheirpointstodexterandsinister,allofthe
chargesinSumayya’ssubmissionareupright.
ATENVELDT
AnnyaSergeeva.Device.Argent,threeeggsguleseachchargedwithaLatincrossbottonyargent,onachiefgulesacatcouchantargent.
Pleaesinstructthesubmitterthatdepictionsofthisdeviceshouldbecarefultodraweggswhicharedistinguishablefrom
roundels.
AnnyaSergeevaandRobertHeinrich.Jointbadge.Argent,aneggguleschargedwithaLatincrossbottonyargentwithinatorse
wreathedOrandsable.
DulcialeFey.Nameanddevice.Perbendsinisterpurpureandargent,threebutterfliesargentandatreeeradicatedproper.
EredSûl,Baronyof.Badge(seeRETURNSforordername).Azure,onamountainofthreepeaksvert,fimbriatedandsnow-capped
argent,atorchOr.
Thisdepictionofamountainwithsnow,blazonedinthisfashion,isgrandfatheredtothesubmitters.
JamesOCallan.Nameanddevice.PerpalevertandOr,avolandinchiefatricunecounterchanged.
SubmittedasSeamusO’Callan,thesubmitterrequestedauthenticityfor12thCIreland,desiringanAnglicizedGaelicformof
thename.SeamusistheGaelicformofJames;inanAnglicizedGaelicname,wewouldexpecttoseeJamesratherthanthe
GaelicformSeamus.
ThebynameO’Callanisananglicizedformwhichisfoundtemp.ElizabethI-JamesI.Wehaveveryfewrecordsof
AnglicizedGaelicnamesbeforethe16thcentury,sowecannotsayforsurewhetherO’Callanisappropriateforthe12th
century.However,theearlieryougo,thelessappropriatetheuseoftheapostropheintheanglicizedformis.Wehavetherefore
changedthenametoJamesO_Callantopartiallymeethisrequestforauthenticity.
LeahingheanPhadraig.Nameanddevice.PersaltireOrandargent,threedomesticcatscourantinannulogules.
SubmittedasLeahingenPadraig,thebynameviolatedRfSIII.1.abycombiningMiddleIrishingenwithEarlyModernIrish
Padraig.Additionally,inanEarlyModernIrishfemininepatronymicbyname,PadraiglenitestoPhadraig.Wehavechanged
thenametoLeahingheanPhadraiginordertoregisterit.
Leahisthesubmitter’slegalgivenname.
LukeWalker.Nameanddevice.PerpaleOrandpurpure,inpalethreetriple-toweredcastlescounterchanged.
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SubmittedasLukeWalkerofSkye,thisnamewasimmediatelyevocativeofLukeSkywalkerofStarWarsfame.Whiletheorder
oftheelementshaschanged,therearrangementoftheelementsisnotsufficienttoremovetheappearanceofanimplicitclaim
tobethatLuke;suchimplicitclaimsarenotregisterableperRfSI.3.Thesubmitterindicatedthatiftherewasaproblemwith
presumption,hepreferredtohavethesecondbyname,ofSkye,dropped.Wehavedroppedthesecondbynameinorderto
registerthename,asLukeWalker_.
MariusPelagiusCalvus.Nameanddevice.Perchevroninvertedgulesandazure,aLatincrossformyandaborduredovetailedargent.
Pleaseinstructthesubmittertodrawthelineofdivisionslightlylower.
MorganaQuarry.Badge.(Fieldless)Anopinicussegreantpurpure.
Nicebadge!
RagnarrofAtenveldt.Holdingnameanddevice.Ermine,adragonrampantcontournyazuremaintaininginthesinisterforefootanawl
palewisepointtochiefandinthedexterforefootahumanskullsablewithinabordureperbendsinistersableandazure.
SubmittedunderthenameRagnarrskinnskrifariíBládrekafirði,thatnamewasreturnedontheJune2008LoAR.
UlrichGotfrid.Nameanddevice.Perbendsinistersableandargent,abendsinistergules,indexterchiefacrosscoupedofchainOr.
SubmittedasUlrichGottfried,bothelementsweredocumentedtothe14thcenturyandthesubmitterrequestedauthenticityfor
10th-12thCGerman.TalanGwynek,"SomeEarlyMiddleHighGermanBynames"hasUlricusDives1174(thisisaLatinized
formofthegivenname),UlrichScaphili1155,andGotfridChnobolohe1165.Onthebasisofthis,UlrichGotfridisan
authenticlate12thCname.Wehavechangedthenametothisformtomeethisrequestforauthenticity.
VincentMatthewofKilkenny.Name.
ATLANTIA
Atlantia,Kingdomof.Badgeandstandardaugmentationforchildrenofthesovereigns.(Fieldless)Anescalloppurpure.
ThisbadgeisintendedtobethestandardformofanyAugmentationofArmswhichisgrantedbykingsandqueensofAtlantia
totheirownchildren.WenotethatwhiletheroyalscansuggesttheformforAugmentationsofArms,andasuggestioncoming
fromone’sparentsislikelytobelistenedto,theactualformofanyaugmentationisbetweenthesubmitterandtheCollegeof
Arms.
AvereyCockes.Nameanddevice.Argent,aportcullissableandonachiefembattledvertthreecocksargent.
BrigitCarruthers.Nameanddevice.PerpaleOrandvert,insaltiretwoquillpensandonachiefthreeshamrockscounterchanged.
EmmaverchHowell.Device.Perpallinvertedgules,vertandargent,twomapleleavesargentandabeaverstatantgules.
GertrudezudemWalde.Device.Perfessgulesandsable,atreeblastedanderadicatedwithinabordureindentedOr.
JackBlackofFlint.Name.
TheadditionofthelocativebynameofFlintclearsthisofanypotentialconflictwiththemodernactorJackBlack.Wedecline
toruleatthistimewhetherJackBlackisimportantenoughtoprotectfromconflict.
LieduBosc.Nameanddevice.Azure,acrosscountercomponyargentandsablebetweenfourtreescoupedargent.
ThisnamecombinesFrenchandOccitan,whichisonestepfromperiodpractice.
MerwennaMaycock.Device.PerfessembattledOrandgules,twocockscounterchanged.
SebastiendeVymont.Device.Purpure,twofoxessejantguardantrespectantandonachiefembattledOrthreecrossesfleuryfitchy
sable.
SimeonthePalmere.Nameanddevice.Azure,ananchorargentbetweeninfesstwoescallopsOr.
SusanWise.Name.
DRACHENWALD
AurianadictaLopere.Name.
ThesubmitterrequestedauthenticityforDutchlanguage/culture.ThenameisauthenticforDutchculture,asbothelementsare
foundinDutchrecords.
JosianTaylor.Name.
LüthardvonCalebergh.Nameanddevice.Azure,threelymphads,oarsshipped,argent.
Oarsshippedmeansthattheoarsarenotvisible,sincetheyareinsidetheboat.TheSocietydefaultisoarsinaction,which
meansthattheyarevisible.
Similarly,thelymphadshavetheirsailsfurled,whichisthedefault.
MatthiasdeFlintbeke.Name.
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EAST
AlbrechtvonLandshut.Device.Perchevronazureandargent,twocrossespotentargentandatowersable.
AlexanderYounger.Name.
Nicename!
BerachMacTawisch.Nameanddevice.Palysableandargent,abearrampantcontournyandachiefOr.
ThisnamecombinesMiddleIrishandScots;thisisonestepfromperiodpractice.BecauseBerachisthenameofasaint,there
isnotemporaldisparity.
BlackRose,Marchofthe.Badge.(Fieldless)Arosesable,barbedandchargedwiththeletters"B"and"R"argent.
CassandraMatis.Nameanddevice.Vert,agurgesandabordureOr.
SubmittedasCassandraMatisse,thebynameMatissewasdocumentedfromDauzat,DictionnaireÉtymologiquedesNomsde
LieuxdelaFranceasanundatedformofMathieu.Aswithothersources,undatednamesfromDauzatareonlyregisterableif
itisdemonstratedthattheformsareconsistentwithperiodspellings.NosuchevidencewasprovidedforMatisse;theclosest
datedformthatanyofthecommentersfoundisMatis,whichappearsasagivennameinAryanhwymerchCatmael,"Names
FoundinCommercialDocumentsfromBordeaux,1470-1520".WehavechangedthenametoCassandraMatis_tousea
documentedformofMathieuasanunmarkedpatronymicbyname.
ThisdevicewasblazonedontheletterofintentashavingavertfieldandanOrgurges.Commentersasked,sincethisisthe
spiralversionofthegurges,whetherthissubmissionshouldbeconsideredtohaveavertfieldoranOrfield.AnOrbordure
wouldnothavegoodcontrastwithanOrfield.TheCoverLettertotheMay2007LoARsays,inpart:
Accordingtoourrules,overallchargesmusthavegoodcontrastwiththefield,notwiththecharge(inthiscase,with
thegurges).Theclosestanalogywouldbewithafieldfretty:sincethefretworkisacharge(nomatterhowthickly
thelathsaredrawn),anyoverallchargemustcountcontrastwiththefield,notwiththefret.ThusSablefrettyOr,
overallaliongulesbreakstheruleofcontrast,nomatterhowthicktheOrlatticeworkisdrawn.Likewise,Azure,a
gurgesargent,overallaliongulesbreakstheruleofcontrast,eventhoughthelionmaybeequallysupportedby
metalandcolor.However,unlikefretty,withagurgesthishastheequallyvalidblazon,Argent,agurgesazure,
overallaliongules,whichtechnicallydoeshavegoodcontrastwiththefield.Thus,ifoverallchargesarepresent
withthespiralformofgurges,thefieldwillbeblazonedasthetincturethathasgoodcontrastwiththeoverall
charge.Iftherearenooverallcharges,thefieldwillbeblazonedasthetinctureinthedexterchiefcorner.
Whilethebordureisnotanoverallcharge,thesameprincipleapplies:armoryfeaturingaspiral-stylegurgesandaperipheral
ordinaryshouldbeblazonedsuchthattheperipheralordinaryhasgoodcontrastwiththefield.
CulenmacCianain.NamechangefromholdingnameScottofSettmourSwamp.
FinnghualaRowan.Name.
ThisnamecombinesGaelicandScots,whichisonestepfromperiodpractice.
JoffreyBeauchampdeTournoir.Reblazonofdevice.PartyofsixOrandgules,threedog’sheadserasedgules.
Theoriginalblazonofthisdevice,inMarch1978,calledthechargestalbot’sheads.TheitemwasreblazonedinAugust1979
asPerfessOrandgules,apalecounterchanged,overallthreehindsheadsgulestwoandone,withthetext"Note:
Re-emblazon,drawingdoesnotlooklikedeer."
Weweretemptedtoretaintheblazonas’hinds’,thoughtheywerenotemblazonedthatway.Thereblazonappearstohave
beenduetoprivatecorrespondencewiththesubmitter.However,weregistertheemblazon,nottheblazon,aprinciplewhich
wasalreadyestablishedatthetimeofthereblazon.Weassume,basedonthedateofthereblazon,thatcallingthemhindswas
theeasiestwaytodealwithyetanotherissueinthehugebacklog.
Sincethechargeslacktheleaf-shapedearsofahind,theyarenothinds.Theyalsolackthefloppyearsofatalbot,sotheyare
nottalbots.Theheadsareclosesttogenericdog’sheads,andwehavesoblazonedthem.Asthisisbeingreblazonedto
correctlyidentifythecharges,wehavetakentheopportunitytoclarifythefactthattheheadsareasinglechargegroupby
reblazoningtheremainderofthedeviceasafield,notafieldwithacounterchangedpale.
PleaseseetheCoverLetterformoredetailsonolderblazonsandemblazons.
LianordeMatos.Nameanddevice.Or,threestag’sheadserasedgules.
Nicename!
ThisisclearofJoffreyBeauchampdeTournoir,PartyofsixOrandgules,threedog’sheadserasedgules,reblazoned
elsewhereonthisletter,byX.2.
Nicearmory!
ThomasMonrowofLonghill.Nameanddevice.Argentsemyofpommes,twomonkeyscombatantsable.
TyffaynedeTrumpington.Name.
Yetanotherverynicename!
GLEANNABHANN
AktayofGreyNiche.Holdingnameanddevice(seePENDSforname).Gules,onachalicebetweeninfesstwolozengesOr,anArabic
penboxfesswisesable.
SubmittedunderthenameAktayal-FirasibnAbdallahal-Jarakisa.
EilionoraofKisimull.Nameanddevice.Argent,acastlesableatopamountvertchargedwithatriskeleargent,inchiefanOriental
dragonpassantsable.
ThisnamecombinesGaelicandScots;thisisonestepfromperiodpractice.
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TheuseofanOrientaldragonisonestepfromperiodpractice.
SomecommentersinquiredifthisarmorywasoverlypictorialarmoryperRfSVIII.4.a,"PictorialDesign",whichstates,in
part,"Designelementsshouldnotbecombinedtocreateapictureofasceneorlandscape.Forexample,combiningafield
dividedperfesswavyazureandOrwithasunandthreetrianglesOr,aswellasacamelandtwopalmtreespropertodepict
theNileValleywouldnotbeacceptable."Itisimportanttorememberthatheraldryreminiscentofsimplelandscapesisnot
uncommonperiodarmory.The"landscape"inthisarmoryissimilartoperiodarmorialdesigns,andismuchsimplerthanthe
examplegiveninRfSVIII.4.a.
HesperisEphesia.Name.
ListedontheLoIasHesperisEphasia,boththeformsandthedocumentationgavethebynameasEphesia.Wehavemadethis
correction.
LennánmacGilleBhrátha.Name.
SubmittedasLennánmacGilleBhrath_,thepatronymmacGilleBhrath,wasdocumentedfromfootnote3ofAcademyofS.
GabrielReport#717.ThisisoneoftheAcademy’searlierreports,andbecausetheearlierS.GabrielReportswerenotalways
tothesamehighstandardthattheAcademycurrentlyuses,itislabeled"pleaseusewithcaution".Thereportsays:
Thereisoneapparentexception,<ArchibaldMakillewray>1535.However,itcomesfromaScotsrecord,andwe
knowthatforsomereason<Archibald>wasusualScotssubstituteforGaelic<Gilleasbuig>.(Thisisthename
sometimesrepresentedinEnglishas<Gillespy>.)It’sverylikelythatthisman’snamewasactually<Gilleasbuig
macGilleBhrath>inGaelic.
AsthisfootnoteprovidesnosupportingevidenceformacGilleBhrathbeingamedievalGaelicbyname,itisinsufficient
documentation.FauseLosengeprovidesthefollowinginformationaboutperiodGaelicformsoftheScotsbyname
MacGillivrayorMakillewray:
AfterOIr<gilla>,EMIr<giolla>,Sc.Gael.<gille>oneexpectsthe(lenited)genitive.ThegenitiveofEMIr<bréth>
’judgement,esp.thelastjudgement’is<brétha>(andthegen.ofSc.Gael.<bràth>is<brátha>).Woulfegivesthe
IrishequivalentoftheScottishsurnameas<MacGiollaBhrátha>,exactlyasonewouldexpect,andwithonesmall
change(besidestheusualsubstitutionof<mac>for<Mac>)thisistheformthatI’duse.
EMIr<giolla>andSc.Gael.<gille>showthatwhilestandardIrishkepttheunpalatalized<ll>ofOIr<gilla>,inthe
Scottishdialectsitwaspalatalized.Iverymuchdoubtthatthisisamoderndevelopment,soI’duse<Gille>instead
ofEMIr<Giolla>.(IseethatEffickagrees,givingtheCommonGaelicspellingas<Gille>at
http://www.medievalscotland.org/scotnames/gaelicgiven/men/gillechriosd.shtml.)
Thus,I’dmakethepatronymic<macGilleBhrátha>forScotlandafter~1200,restoringthefinal<-a>ofthegenitive.
WehavemadethiscorrectiontoregisterthenameasLennánmacGilleBhrátha.
MIDDLE
AmyeGoldwyn.Badge.(Fieldless)AcrossswallowtailedperpalepurpureandOr.
Submittedasamulletofeightpoints,mulletsaredepictedwithlongerpointsandareorientedwithapointtochief.
Commenterssuggestedacrossswallowtailed,whichmorecloselyresemblestheemblazonandisreproducable.
CrescentiaFuggerin.Nameanddevice.Argent,abearsalientpurpurebetweenthreecherriesgules,slippedandleavedvert.
GuillaumeleStrange.Nameanddevice.Perbendazureandvert,arabbitcouchantattiredwithastag’santlersargent.
ThisdoesnotconflictwithGuyLestrange.Thegivennamesaresignificantlydifferentinsoundandappearance,andneitheris
adiminutiveoftheother.
GylisScot.Name.
ThesubmitterrequestedauthenticityforScottishlanguage/culture,butthisrequestwasnotsummarizedontheLoI.Normally
thiswouldbecauseforpendingthename,togivethecommentersaddresshisauthenticityrequest.However,Effrickneyn
Kennyeochprovidedsuchinformationinhercommentary:
Thisnameisactuallyalovely,authenticScotsname.<Gylis>canbefound(albeitinawoman’sname)dated1476in
TheRecordsoftheParliamentsofScotlandto1707,K.M.Brownetaleds(StAndrews,2007),1476/7/58.Date
accessed:1November2008(availablefreeathttp://rps.ac.uk/):"BeforethelordisauditourisGylisMailvileand
ThomasMailvile,hirsone..."
Thesamespellingisalsousedina1475referencetoachurchnamedafterthe(male)saint[RPS,1475/19.Date
accessed:1November2008.]:"...onadayeinSaintGyliskirkwithintheburghofEdinburgh".
<Scot>,asindicatedabove,canbefoundinmyarticle["Early16thCenturyScottishLowlandNames"].SoGylis
ScotisindeedanauthenticScottishname.
LawrencetheBruce.Name.
TherewassomequestionwhetherthebynametheBrucewasusedoutsideofthewell-knownexampleofRoberttheBruce.
Whilethebynamewasoriginallylocativeinorigin(derivingfromsomeunidentifiedFrenchplacename),withthepreposition
decorruptedtoleandthencetothe,thereareexamplesofformswithleortheusedbypeopleotherthanRobert,includingSir
JohnleBrewsinMariElspethnicBrian,"AnIndextothe1332LaySubsidyRollsforLincolnshire,England",PetertheBreus
andWilliamsonofPetertheBreusinTheCourtRollsoftheManorofWakefield,Vol.IV,1315to1317,editedbyJohnLister
andpublishedin1930,p.88,andRicardusleBreus,datedto1302inInquisitionsandAssessmentsrelatingtoFeudalAids,
withotherAnalogousDocumentsPreservedinthePublicRecordOffice,publishedin1904,p.412.(Theexamplesfrom
Wakefieldarepossiblynormalized,butwouldrepresentleBreusnotdeBreusintheoriginalmanuscript.)ThespellingBruce
canbedatedtoa1387intheMiddleEnglishDictionarys.v.pleinen,whichnotesthat"RobertleBrucehaddei-pleynedtoþe
popeþatkyngEdwardregnedwrongfullicheþereaumeofScotlond".Allofthisissufficienttogivethesubmitterthebenefitof
thedoubtthattheBrucecouldhavebeenusedinourperiodtorefertopeopleotherthanthefamousBruce.
MichaelofBlackhawk.Name.
BlackhawkistheregisterednameofanSCAbranch.
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PhilippaMontagu.Device.Vert,apallinvertedargentbetweenthreeacornsinvertedslippedandleavedwithinabordureOr.
Pleaseinstructthesubmittertodrawthebordurethicker.
NORTHSHIELD
Blachemere,Cantonof.Device.Argent,aswordsable,itslowerhalfenvironedofalaurelwreathvert,abordurequarterlyazureand
vert.
DelphinedelaFontaine.Nameanddevice.Vert,afountainbetweenthreefleurs-de-lys,abordureembattledargent.
TheLoIindicatedthatthenamehadbeenchangedinkingdomtoDaulphinedelaFontaine,butthenamewasnotchangedin
theheaderorontheforms.NodocumentationforthespellingDaulphinewasprovidedontheLoI,andRaggedStaffnotesof
theformDelphine:
TheJuly2002LoAR(Atlantia-A)has:
"DelphinatheMad.Name.Thesubmitterrequestedauthenticityforthe16thCanddidnotspecifya
languageorculture.DelphinaisaLatinizedformoftheFrenchnameDelphine,whichwasthenameofa
saintfromProvencewholivedinthelate13thandearly14thcenturies."
Thismakesthenameregisterableasoriginallysubmitted.LackingdocumentationforthespellingDaulphine,itisnot
registerable.
DruscillaGalbraith.Device.Vert,acrosstriple-partedandfrettedargent.
JulianadeMontaignofHuntington.Devicechange.Purpure,aGreeksphinxsejantOr.
Herolddevice,QuarterlygulesandOrerminedgules,twosea-lionsreguardantOr,abordurecounterchanged,isretainedasa
badge.
MargueriteLechanteur.Nameanddevice.Perfessazureandsable,afessbetweenalutefesswisereversedandatulipleavedargent.
ValeriusPaencalvus.Devicechange.Azure,ademi-bearcontournywithinabordureembattledOr.
Hisolddevice,Azure,inpaleademi-bearrampanttosinisterOrandadouble-hornedanvilargent,isretainedasabadge.
Pleaseinstructthesubmittertodrawtheembattlementsdeeper.Ideally,theyshouldbeasdeepastheyarewide.
OUTLANDS
AemiliaValeriana.NamechangefromEmmaYate.
Herpreviousname,EmmaYate,isretainedasanalternatename.
MarieofHawk’sHollow.Holdingnameanddevice(seeRETURNSforname).Azure,alion’sheadjessant-de-lysOrandonachief
dovetailedargentarapierreversedsable.
SubmittedunderthenameMariedeNavarre.
SIREN
AragonKingofArms.Heraldictitle(importantnon-SCAtitle).
ThistitlebelongedtoSpain.
CastillaKingofArms.Heraldictitle(importantnon-SCAtitle).
ThistitlebelongedtoSpain.
CorbieKingofArms.Heraldictitle(importantnon-SCAtitle).
ThistitlebelongedtoFrance.
CrescentKingofArms.Heraldictitle(importantnon-SCAtitle).
ThistitlebelongedtoFrance.
CroissantKingofArms.Heraldictitle(importantnon-SCAtitle).
ThistitlebelongedtoFrance.
CyprusKingofArms.Heraldictitle(importantnon-SCAtitle).
ThistitlebelongedtoFrance.
DenmarkKingofArms.Heraldictitle(importantnon-SCAtitle).
ThistitlebelongedtoDenmark.
ErmineKingofArms.Heraldictitle(importantnon-SCAtitle).
ThistitlebelongedtoBrittany.
EspañaKingofArms.Heraldictitle(importantnon-SCAtitle).
ThistitlebelongedtoSpain.
EvreuxKingofArms.Heraldictitle(importantnon-SCAtitle).
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ThistitlebelongedtoNavarre.
GranadaKingofArms.Heraldictitle(importantnon-SCAtitle).
ThistitlebelongedtoSpain.
GuyenneandAquitaineKingofArms.Heraldictitle(importantnon-SCAtitle).
ThistitlebelongedtoEngland.
LeonKingofArms.Heraldictitle(importantnon-SCAtitle).
ThistitlebelongedtoSpain.
LimburgKingofArms.Heraldictitle(importantnon-SCAtitle).
ThistitlebelongedtoFrance.
WEST
AmaryllisAlexandreadeLacey.Devicechange.Gules,inbendsinisterthreepomegranatesOrseededgules.
Pleaseinstructthesubmittertodraweachoftheseedslarger,sothatthereisnearlynospacebetweenthem.Typically,the
seedsofthepomegranatescomprisenearlytheentirecenterofthefruit,soalmostallofthecentersectionofthefruitshouldbe
gules.Thesubmitteddepictionhassmall,widelyseparatedgulesseedsonanOrbackground.
Herolddevice,PerpaleazureandOr,onabendsinistercotised,twotasselspalewise,allcounterchanged,isreleased.
EvavanBrugge.NamechangefromAibhilíningheanEoghain.
Thesubmitterrequestedauthenticityfor15thCFlemish.WhilewedidnotfindanyexamplesofthebynamevanBruggeinthe
15thC,Walravennotesthatitcanbefoundonp.122ofWilfriedBeele,StudievandeIepersePersoonsnamenuitdeStads-en
Baljuwsrekeningen1250-1400,(FamiliaetPatria,1975),andBruggeisthestandardmodernformofthecity’sname.It’s
thereforelikelythatthisspellingwasalsousedinthe15thcentury.
Herpreviousname,AibhilíningheanEoghain,isreleased.
IsibelingheanUilliam.Name.
KorsDamiszoon.Name.
Nice15thCDutchname!
MichaeloftheShire.Holdingnameanddevice(seeRETURNSforname).PersaltireOrandpurpure,anarrowsable.
SubmittedunderthenameMiachoftheShire.
OwenapMorgan.Devicechange.Vert,onabendengrailedargentthreeoakleavesvert.
Hisolddevice,Vert,onabendsinisterengrailedargentthreeoakleavesvert,isretainedasabadge.
SciathingheanAirt.Nameanddevice.Perfessvertandsable,inbendsinisterthreebeesOr.
ThesubmitterrequestedauthenticityforIrish900-1200,butdoesnotallowmajorchanges.Thenameisnotauthenticbecause
itcombinesOldorMiddleIrishSciathwithEarlyModernIrishingheanAirt.WecannotchangethenametothewhollyOldor
MiddleIrishformSciathingenAirt,becausethechangeoflanguageisamajorchange.
Pleaseinstructthesubmittertodrawthebeestobetterfillthespace.
VeronicaofSilverDesert.Holdingnameanddevice(seeRETURNSforname).Purpure,threelozengesOr.
Nicearmory!
SubmittedunderthenameVeronicaPerla.
WolfgrimKolbrandsson.Nameanddevice.Quarterlysableandvert,inbendsinistertwowolf’sheadscabossedargent.
SubmittedasWulfgrimKolbrands_,thiscombinedanostensiblyOldEnglishgivennamewithaNorwegianbyname.The
combinationofOldEnglishandNorwegianisnotregisterable.OldEnglishhadbecomeMiddleEnglishbeforeOldNorsehad
developedintoNorwegian,meaningthattherewasnosignificantcontactbetweenthespeakersofthesetwolanguages.
Additionally,thegivenname,Wulfgrim,wasdocumentedfromSearle,OnomasticonAnglo-Saxonicum.Searleuses
standardized,normalizedformsforallofhisentries;heisnotareliablesourceforanyspellingvariant,andanyentryinhis
sourceshouldbecross-checkedagainstamorereliablesource,suchasTengvik,OldEnglishBynames,theProsopographyof
Anglo-SaxonEngland,orSeanMiller’sdatabaseofAnglo-Saxoncharters.Inthiscase,noneofthesesourceswereableto
provideanycitationsforanyformofWulfgrim.Socin,MittelhochdeutschesNamenbuch.NachoberrheinischenQuellendes
12.und13.Jahrhunderts,p.199datesWolfgrimusto778;theexpectedvernacularofthiswouldbeWolfgrim.GeirrBassi,The
OldNorseName,p.12liststhegivennameKolbrandr.ThecorrectOldNorsepatronymicbynameformedfromthisnameis
Kolbrandsson.WehavechangedthenametoWolfgrimKolbrands_soninordertoregisterthename;thiscombinesOld
GermanandOldNorseinthesamename,whichisonestepfromperiodpractice.
-Explicitlitteraaccipiendorum-
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THEFOLLOWINGITEMSHAVEBEENRETURNEDFORFURTHERWORK:
ANTIR
ElenadeMaisnilwarin.Badge.(Fieldless)Astandingbalancesable.
ConflictwithEdmundtheSentinel,Argent,astandingbalancesablebearingonthedexterenhancedpanahandcoupedsable
holdingamorning-starproperandonthesinisterloweredpanaheartgules.There’saCDforthefield.ThereisnoCDforthe
slighttiltofthearms,andthehand,morningstar,andheartareallmaintainedcharges.
JorgenvonStein.Device.Quarterlygulesandsable,alionandindexterthreeclosedscrolls"palewise"infessOr.
Thisisreturnedbecausethetinctureinquarters1and4oftheformisnotgules,itisadarkshadeoforange.Opinionatthe
meetingwasthatthesubmitterhadfallenvictimtoaninkjetprintoutthathasfadedfromtheoriginaltinctures.
Itisalsoreturnedbecausethepositionofthescrolls,beingsomewherebetweenpalewiseandbendwise,isnotblazonable.
Onresubmission,thesubmittershoulddrawthescrollswiththeircentralaxeseitherclearlyvertical,oralignedparalleltoa
lineconnectingthetickmarksontheformprovidedforthepurposeofdrawingbendwiselines.
ANSTEORRA
Ansteorra,Kingdomof.OrdernameAwardoftheCrownsGrace.
ThisisreturnedforlackofdocumentationthatCrownsGracefollowsanyofthemeta-patternsofperiodordernameslaidout
ontheAugust2005CoverLetter.TheLoIarguedthatthepattern<virtue>of <SCAsovereignentity>or<SCAsovereign
entity’s><virtue>followstheperiodpatternof<virtue>ofMaryor<virtue>ofChrist,becausemedievalsovereignswere
consideredtorulebydivinerightandtheirSCAcounterpartsarethehighestauthoritiesintheirrealms.However,thesecases
arenotanalogous.WedonottreatSCAsovereignsasreligiousfigures,andwedonothaveanyexamplesofgenericreferences
tomedievalsovereignsusedinordernamesinthisfashion.Indeed,unlesswehaveevidenceof<virtue>ofXwhereXisa
personotherthanJesusorMary,useofthispatterncouldbeseenasapresumptuousclaimidentifyingthecrownwitheither
JesusorMary(ormorelikelyboth).
ColecteLaFourniere.Device.Azurefrettyargent,alilyOr.
ConflictwithAnnoraMargeryFitzJames,Azure,frettyargent,aweaver’sshuttlepalewiseOr,threadedvert.Neitherthelily
northeshuttleistheprimarychargehere:thefretworkistheprimarycharge.There’saCDforthechangeoftypeoftheoverall
charge,fromlilytoshuttle.Thethreadonaweaver’sshuttleislessthanhalfthecharge,thereforethereisnotaCDfor
changingthetinctureoftheoverallcharge.
ARTEMISIA
ClaredeLacy.Device.Azure,apegasusrampantbetweenfivefleurs-de-lysargent.
Thepegasusandthefleurs-de-lysaredrawnwithsimilarvisualweight.Fromadistance,thisappearstobeasingleprimary
chargegroupcomposedofthepegasusandthefleurs-de-lys.Becauseofthisappearance,thissubmissionisinconflictwith
France,Ancient,Azure,semy-de-lysOr,withasingleCDforthechangeoftinctureoftheprimarycharge.ThereisnotaCD
forchangingthenumberfromsixtosemy,noristhereaCDforchangingthetypeofonlyoneoutofsixcharges.
EgilltheLoomwright.Badge.Sable,insaltireapalmer’sstaffandastickshuttleOr,abordureOrgouttyvert.
Thissubmissionisreturnedforadministrativereasons.SectionIV.BoftheAdministrativeHandbookreads:"Submissions
mustbemadethroughtheappropriateheraldicofficersasdefinedbythekingdomofwhichthesubmitterisasubjectaccording
toCorporaandBoardpolicy."SincethesubmitterisasubjectoftheKingdomofCaid,basedonhisaddressontheform,we
mustreturnthisdevice.
PleaseseetheCoverLetterformoredetailsoncross-kingdomsubmissions.
EwanMacEoghainn.Name.
ConflictwithEoinMacEoghain;EwanandEoinareinsignificantlydifferentinsound.
JaquesdeParis.Name.
ConflictwithJacquesdeParis.
KarlBradenvonSobernheim.Badge.Vert,twoharessalientrespectantwithinabordureargent.
ConflictwithRainilltLeiadeBelloMarisco,Vert,twoconeyscombatantargent.ThereisasingleCDfortheadditionofthe
bordure.
Wenotethatthiswassubmittedonthestandardsquarebadgeform,butonaroundeldisplaywithinit.Technically,itmight
havebeenconsideredasubmissionof(Fieldless)Onapommefimbriatedtwoharessalientrespectantargent,andreturnable
forthatreasonalone.Onresubmission,pleasehavethesubmitterusetheentiresquarefieldofthebadgeform.
UriahMacGilchrist.Device.Argent,onacrossazureaCelticcrossmolineOr.
ThedeviceisreturnedforconflictwithFinland,Argent,acrossazure.ThereisasingleCDfortheadditionofthetertiary
cross.
AddingaroundeltoanarbitrarytypeofcrosstoproduceaCelticcrossofthattypeisastepfromperiodpractice.
ViðarrBrekebowe.Device.Perchevroninvertedargentandgules,achevroninvertedsablebetweenastrunglongbowfesswisefracted
properandanappleOrslippedandleavedproper.
Thisisreturnedforhavingacomplexitycountofnine:argent,gules,sable,brown,Or,gules,chevron,bow,apple.Itisalso
returnedbecausecommenterswereunabletoidentifythebow.Thefracting,theplacementinfess,thehookedendofa
mostly-straightpiece,andthenon-tautstringallcontributedtothelackofidentifiability.
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ATENVELDT
EredSûl,Baronyof.OrdernameOrderoftheMountainFlame.
Thisisbeingreturnedforlackofdocumentation.Nodocumentationwasprovidedthatmountainwasusedasanadjectivein
ourperiod,muchlessonethatcouldplausiblymodifyflameinanordername.Thishasbeengroundsforreturninthepast:
[OrderoftheMountainHart]Noevidencewasgiventhat"mountain"isareasonableadjectivetoapplytoahart.
Whiletherearenodoubthartsinthemountains,weknowofnoparticularmountainvariety.[HighlandFoorde,
Baronyof,10/99,R-Atlantia]
WhiletheBaronyalreadyhasregisteredtothemtheordernameOrderoftheMountainLily,thegrandfatherclausecannotbe
appealedtoherebecausethesubmittednamedoesnotfollowtheconstructionOrderoftheMountain[flower].Furthermore,
theLoI’sdocumentationforthewordflamebeingusedtomean’ignitedgas’datesthetermtoc.1684,whichiswellbeyond
ourgrayarea.
Ifthesubmitterswouldliketoresubmitanordernamecontainingreferencestobothmountainsandflames,wesuggestthey
considerOrderoftheMountandFlame.Bothmountsandflamesarestandardheraldiccharges,andtheAugust2005Cover
LettercitesthemedievalorderOrderoftheErmineandtheEarsofCorn.ThissupportsthepatternOrderofthe<heraldic
charge>and<heraldiccharge>forordernames.
FelipeCuervo.HouseholdnameHouseFénixdeOro.
Thehouseholdnamewasdocumentedasfollowingthe"inn-sign"pattern.WhiletheLoIprovidedevidenceforthispatternin
English,noevidencewasprovided,eitherontheLoIorbythecommenters,forthepatterninSpanish.Lackingsuchevidence,
thishouseholdnameisnotregisterable.
ATLANTIA
BeataLyndonofTaylorwood.Device.Perpalevertandargent,atreecoupedwithinabordurecounterchanged.
ThissubmissionisinconflictwiththedeviceofWolfgangvonValkonberg,Perpalevertandargent,ablastedtreeatopa
mountcounterchanged.ThereisaCDforchangingthesecondaryfromamounttoabordure.Wedonotgrantdifferencefor
blasting:
...nodifferencebetweenatreeandatreeblasted:"ThereisnoCDbetweenatreeeradicatedandatreeblastedand
eradicated,asnotedintheAugust1994LoAR...Thisisbecausethereareperioddepictionsoftreeswithonlyafew
leaves."(LoARJuly2000)[KenricofRohan,03/02,R-Meridies]
DRACHENWALD
None.
EAST
Þórlæifrhvítskegg.Device.Sable,threewolf’sheadscaboshedoneandtwoargent.
ConflictwithFandralSilverfox,Sable,afox’smaskargent.ThereisonlyoneCDforthedifferenceinnumberofheads.No
differenceisgrantedbetweenfoxheadsandwolfheads,bothofwhichareconsideredartisticvariantsofcanids.
YnysyGwaed,Cantrefof.Branchnameanddevice.Argent,onabendazurebetweentwopinetreescoupedgulesalaurelwreath
palewiseargent,allwithinaborduregules.
Thisisbeingreturnedforlackofdocumentationofboththeelementsandtheconstruction.Thenamewasintendedtomean
"islandoftheblood",andwaspatternedaftertheWelshplacenamePontRhyd-y-gwaed.However,perthesubmitters’own
documentation,PontRhyd-y-gwaedisa19th/20thCsettlement,soitsnamecannotbetakenasindicativeofmedievalWelsh
placenamepractices.
Harpyprovidesdetailedinformationabouttheproposednameanditsconstruction:
Theplace-nameproposedasamodelforthissubmission,PontRhyd-y-gwaed,followsarelativelycommon
structureforitsspecifictype--butthattypeinvolvesbridgesandfords.Thenamebreaksdownto"Bridge[at]Ford
[of]the’gwaed’".I’mleaving"gwaed"untranslatedbecauseI’mnotentirelycertainwhattheoriginandmeaningof
theelementisinthisname.Thereisaword"gwaed"meaning"blood",andit’spossiblethatthisplacenamemakes
metonymicreferencetoabattleorsomethingofthesort,butIhesitatetomakeassumptions.(Icanfindatleastone
websitethatmentionsalegendthatthenamecomesfromalocalCivilWarbattle.)Butthegeneralpatternof"Pont
Rhyd-y-X"isrelativelycommon.Abriefunscientificsurveyofmyplacenamereferencessuggeststhatthemajority
ofnamesbeginningwith"PontRhyd..."usethisformat,andabouthalfofnamesbeginningin"Rhyd"areofthe
form"Rhyd-y-X".
...
Butthen,wearen’tnamingaford(orabridgeataford),sohowdoesthisrelatetonamesofislands?Anunscientific
surveyofthesamesourcessuggeststhatonlyabout10%ofnamesbeginningwith"ynys"areoftheform
"Ynys-y-X".Theexampleshereare:
-YnysyBarri(anidiomaticconstructionwhereBarriderivesfromapersonalname)
-Ynys-y-bwl(ofthepool)
-Ynys-y-maen-gwyn(ofthewhitestone)
-Ynys-y-maerdy(ofthereeve’shouse)
-Ynysoedd-y-moelrhoniaid(oftheseals)
Alotfewerexamplestoprojectfrom,butalleitherfixedlocalfeatures,localfauna,orapropername.
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...
Theunscientificplacenamesurveywastakenfrom:
-Charles,B.G..1992.Place-NamesofPembrokeshire(2vol.).NationalLibraryofWales,Aberystwyth.
ISBN0-907158-58-7
-Davies,Elwyn.1958.RhestroEnwauLleoedd(GazetteerofWelshPlaceN.GwasgPrifysgolCymru,
Caerdydd.
-Richards,Melville.1969.WelshAdministrativeandTerritorialUnits.UniversityofWalesPress,Cardiff.
LackingevidencethatYnysyGwaedfollowspatternsofperiodWelshislandnames,thisgroupnameisnotregisterable.
Additionally,theonlydocumentationthatwasprovidedfortheelementsynys,y,andgwaedwerepagesfromamodernWelsh
translationwebsite.Thisisinsufficientforregistration.
ThegroupwantedtouseWelshCantref asitsbranchdesignatorinsteadofCanton.Cantref isnotoneofthestandardbranch
designatorslistedinAppendixBoftheAdministrativeHandbook.CorporaIII.C.1saysthat"theSocietyrecognizesthat
equivalenttermsexistinmanylanguages,andpermitsabranchtouseanyvalidequivalentforthestandarddesignationfora
branchofitslevel,asdeterminedbytheCollegeofArms.Anybranchwishingtouseatermwhichhasnotyetbeenincluded
ontheCollege’slistofestablishedalternatesshouldapplythroughitskingdom’sCollegeofHeraldsforpermissiontousethe
newdesignation."IfthesubmitterswishtousethedesignatorCantref insteadofCanton,thenuponresubmissiontheywill
needtoincludeevidencethatCantref wasusedinmedievalWalesforgeographicalentitiesthatareroughlyequivalenttoSCA
cantons.
Sincethenamewasreturned,weareforcedtoreturnthearmory.Wedonotcreateholdingnamesforgroups.
GLEANNABHANN
EdricofSeleone.Device.Perpallargent,vertandpurpure,inchiefalozengesable.
ConflictwithSolveigGunnadóttirórÚlfey,PerpaleOrandargent,alozengesable.Thesubmittedlozengeisforcedtochief
onthenon-neutralfield.WedonotgrantaCDforforcedmoves.Thereis,therefore,onlyasingleCDforthechangeof
tinctureofthefield.
ElspethMacGreggor.Name.
ThisisbeingreturnedforconflictwithElizaMacGregor.Perprecedent,ElizaisapetformofElizabeth,andthusconflicts
withitwhenbothareusedasagivenname:
ThisnameisbeingreturnedforconflictwithElizaMacGregor(registeredJune1998viaTrimaris).AsElizaisa
diminutiveofElizabeth,theyconflict.[ElizabethMcGrigour,11/01,R-Æthelmearc]
ThequestionwasraisedwhetherElizaisadiminutiveofElspeth,whichisavariantofElizabeth.IfElizaisnotapetformof
Elspeth,thenthetwodonotconflictbecausetheyaresignificantlydifferentinsoundandspelling.However,wehaveexamples
ofElspethandElizabethbeingusedinterchangeablytorefertothesameperson,e.g.,"DameElspethorElizabethPantone"
datedto1539-48inBlack,TheSurnamesofScotland,s.n.Panton.Giventhatwehaveexamplesofthesamepersonbeing
recordedasElizabethandElspeth,itseemslikesplittingofsemanticalhairstosaythatElizaisapetformofonebutnotthe
other.
MIDDLE
MardöllVilhjálmsdóttir.Name.
Thisisreturnedforusingaunique,fictionalname.Thegivennamewasdocumented,asMard{o,}ll,fromGeirrBassi,TheOld
NorseName.FauseLosengesaysofthisentry:
Unfortunately,Geirrwasabitoverenthusiasticwhenheincluded<Mardo,ll>inhispamphlet:E.H.Lind,
Norsk-IsländskaDopnamnockFingeradeNamnfrånMedeltiden(Uppsala&Leipzig:1905-1915,sup.Oslo,
UppsalaandKobenhavn:1931)s.n.<Mardo,ll>notesthatthisisafictitious,inventednamefoundintheProseEdda.
It’susedinChapter35ofthesectionknownas’Gylfaginning’asanalternativenameforthegoddessFreyja...
BesidesreferencestoFreyjaLindnotesonlyasinglereferencetoa<Mardo,llGrímsdóttir>,who,hesays,is
probablyfictional,acharacterinventedbythecomposerof’Brandkrossaþáttr’.
LackingevidencethatMard{o,}llwasusedbyrealpeopleinourperiodorthatitwasusedinperiodliteratureasthenameofa
humanwoman,itisnotregisterable.
Additionally,theuseofötorepresenttheo-ogonekisamoderntypographicalconvention;intheSCA,werepresenttheletter
as{o,}instandardSCADa’udnotation.
RaphaelDelchambreandThomasderKreuzfahrer.Jointbadge.(Fieldless)Onananvilreversedsableachevronargent,overalla
crossofSantiagoenhancedOr.
Thisisreturnedformultiplereasons.
First,thepositionofthecrossisnotblazonable.Blazonedas’overallenhanced’,overallmuststillcrossbothedgesofthe
anvil,enhancedornot.Thesubmissionhereonlycrossestheupperedge.Therearenoblazontermstoproperlydescribethe
submittedarrangement.Indeed,toquotemypredecessor,inasimilarsituationwithachargeblazoned’overallabased’:"Either
theheadshouldbesolidlyoverall-i.e.,centeredonthefield,astridethesaltire,withmostofitsoutlinethereforeagainstthe
field-oritshouldbeinbase,andnotoverlappingthesaltireatall.Thehalf-and-halfplacementusedherehaslongbeen
groundsforreturn."
Second,theoverallcrossobscuresthechevrontothepointwhereitisdifficulttoidentifyasachevron,aviolationofRfS
VIII.3:"Elementsmustbeusedinadesignsoastopreservetheirindividualidentifiability."
Last,thecrossisnotwhatwecallacrossofSantiago,whichwouldhavefloryends.Thiscrosshasmolineends.Weareunable
toblazonitasacrossmolinefitchy,becausethatwouldomittheflareinthelowerlimb,presentinthesubmission,whichisthe
differencebetweenacrossofSantiagoandacrossfloryfitchy.Asthesubmittedcrossisnotblazonable,itmustbereturned.