ANST - Ansteorra questions

[baron at elfsea.ansteorra.org]

Quoting Russell Husted <husted at hotmail.com>:

> I know I should know this stuff, but I either do not or I have forgotten,
> so 
> please help me out.
> 
> What does Ansteorra mean? Where did we get our motto from?
> 
> Thank you,
> mahee

from my personal website:

"...he Texas-Oklahoma region of the SCA, which is called 
Ansteorra, which is an old Anglo-Saxon word meaning 
roughly one star, or Lone Star; the Anglo Saxon Chronicle 
in 1066 records the 'an steorra' -- the one star -- 
'unique and singular in the heavens'. This was Haley's 
Comet, which was taken as a heavenly portent of the 
Norman Invasion which came later that year. 
Ansteorra'smotto: Uniqus et Singularis."

So the star we're named after isn't just an ordinary 
star, but the great comet, Halley's.  Thus a lot of our 
heraldry and award names, as well.  I think we have the 
coolest name of any kingdom.

- Galen
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