[Ansteorra] Elfsea

[Mark.S Harris]

Stephen Macthomas wrote:
> Aerin, I believe you're thinking of Fyreamptewealde, the original name of
> the Canton of Gate's Edge.  It means "fire ant mound" in Old English, IIRC.
> (Whether my memory serves or not, it's plain to see why the name changed.)

Thank you. This is one I haven't heard before.

> While we're on the subject of original names for our local branches, I'd
> love to hear about others that went through some name changes during their
> history, as well as what the names mean.  I know that Bryn Gwlad was not
> always Bryn Gwlad, for example ... <grin>

The story behind various SCA placenames can be quite interesting, both
what they were meant to be named after and what, sometimes, they really
mean. Such as Bryn Gwlad's "land of the nameless hill" for instance.

I have been collecting such stories for over ten years now. You can
find these stories in these two files in the SCA-STORIES section of
the Florilegium:
placenames-msg   (110K) 10/ 4/00    Origins and meanings of SCA
placenames.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/STORIES/placenames-msg.html
placenames2-msg   (48K) 10/ 4/00    More origins and meanings of SCA
placenmaes.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/STORIES/placenames2-msg.html

If you have the story behind any SCA placenames that aren't in this
file,
please feel free to send me a message that I can add the next time I
update them.

By the way, the one mention I have of the Elfsea name does confirm that
it was named for Lake Worth.

Stefan li Rous
stefan at texas.net

> Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 22:40:09 -0500
> From: Paul Mitchell <pmitchel at flash.net>
> To: ansteorra at Ansteorra.ORG
> Subject: Re: ANST - group names
>
> Baronman at aol.com wrote:
> <snip>
> > If history hasn't changed, I think Baron Aoden once stated that
> > the Loch was the only canton to rise to baronial status in the kingdom-
> > however this may not still be true.
>
> Actually, I think Elfsea (which is named for Lake Worth) shares the
> distinction of being both barony and former canton.
>
> - Galen of Bristol