[Ansteorra] "Ansteorran: of or pertaining to the Kingdom of Ansteorra"

[Greg Coffman]

 From what I remember, I thought it was later discovered that it was  
closer to 'that star' than it was 'one star.'

Iago
On Mar 12, 2010, at 3:02 PM, HerrDetlef wrote:

> For what it's worth, "an steorra" is Old English simply for "a  
> star", or
> "one star".
>
> It would be much easier to remember if we pronounced the name in  
> line with
> rules for OE pronunciation; namely, stressing the "E" and not the  
> "O". "eo"
> is an Old English dipthong, and it should be pronounced like the  
> "eo" in
> "Beowulf" and not like the "eo" in "geometry".
> DT+LF again
> On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 2:53 PM, HerrDetlef <herrdetlef at gmail.com>  
> wrote: